B.C. teachers will cast ballots
next week in a strike vote, but
if job action happens it will be a
phased-in process, according to
Comox District Teachers’ Association president Steve Stanley.
The BC Teachers’ Federation
announced the strike vote will
be held Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, with results announced
Thursday evening. If teachers vote
in favour of a strike, the union has

90 days to start some
parts of the province on
sort of job action.
days,” continued
Before we went to the third stage or different
Stanley said if job
Stanley.
action is taken, it would a full closure of the whole school district
“Before we went to the
not affect student learn- across the province, that would require
third stage or a full cloing initially.
sure of the whole school
another vote.
Steve Stanley district across the prov“The first stage …
would be just where
ince, that would require
we don’t do staff meetings, and things,” Stanley explained.
another vote — so there would
those kinds of things, where we
This stage could last a month, have to be another strike vote
take away some services, but they but it’s hard to say, he added.
before we went on a full strike.”
don’t impact … students at all,
“The plan that we have right
According to the BCTF, the BC
and we’ll continue to do report now calls for the second stage to Public School Employers’ Assocards and coaching extracurricu- be rotating strikes so there could ciation has tabled “unreasonable”
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The BCTF also says the proposed salary increases are less
than the 3.5 to four per cent
other public sector workers have
received under the government’s
“co-operative gains mandate.”
The current round of bargaining talks with teachers has been
going on for a year, with more
than 40 sessions at the bargaining table.

writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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Ciaran’s ride delayed
A cruise for a 16-year-old
Comox Valley friend, student, colleague and son “wise beyond his
years” who died January in a
longboard accident has been postponed to April 12.
The Cruise for Ciaran originally was scheduled Feb. 23,
but was rescheduled until April
due to the weekend snowstorm,
explained committee member
Dawn McQuinn.
“The cruise is about safety and
awareness, and we wanted to
ensure a safe cruise,” she added.
McQuinn said the idea for
the cruise began shortly after
the passing of Ciaran Martin, a
Grade 11 student at G.P. Vanier
school who succumbed to his injuries Jan. 5 after he was struck by
a vehicle Jan. 2.
He was travelling northbound
on a longboard on Macaulay Road
in Black Creek. He was not wearing a helmet.
His family donated his organs,
which has given six people the
gift of life.
“(The cruise) all stems from
his death … to make sense of

his passing, to bring awareness
to both drivers and longboarders
and to bring awareness to organ
donation,” noted McQuinn.
She added there is a perception that some longboarders can
be rude to drivers, “but they’re
not all like that. The irony is that
Ciaran was so kind, so sweet, so
caring.”
McQuinn said the cruise is
scheduled to begin at Vanier
school, head down Headquarters
Road, loop into Courtenay over
the 17th Street bridge, up Cliffe
Avenue to the Fifth Street bridge,
ending at Lewis Park.
All participants are encouraged to ride “anything with
wheels” and helmets will be mandatory, McQuinn added.
She explained the cruise —
which will become an annual
tradition — also serves a larger
purpose.
“We are doing this also in hopes
to have the laws around helmet
use changed. It would be wonderful to see a law making helmets
mandatory for longboarders.”
For more information about
the cruise, search for the Cruise
for Ciaran Facebook page.

Former Comox Valley
Record publisher Grant
Lawrence has been named
the recipient of a prestigious B.C. community
newspaper award.
At the Ma Murray
Awards on April 26, Lawrence will be presented
at the River Rock Casino

MA MURRAY FINALISTS
The Comox Valley Record is a finalist in three other
Ma Murray award categories.
Erin Haluschak is one of three people in the running
for the TD Feature Photo Award in the Record’s circulation class for her aerial picture publicizing the 2013
Comox Air Show.
The Record has a chance to receive a Special Publications Award for the winter issue of Trio magazine.
As well, the Record is a finalist for the Safeway Ma
Murray Community Service Award for work to publicize the Boys and Girls Clubs’ Christmas Village.
Ma Murray Awards are presented annually by the
B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association.

in Richmond with the BC
Housing Eric Dunning
Award for Dedication and

SNOWY PLAY DAY Comox Valley MLA Don
McRae, Mayor Leslie Baird and every Cumberland councillor braved snowy weather Saturday
morning. It was the official grand opening of
the new play facility in Village Park.
PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK

Service to the Community
Newspaper Industry.
“It was a real surprise
and it’s certainly appreciated,” Lawrence said Tuesday.
From red On Air signs,
to the Yellow Pages, to the
Green Sheet (Comox District Free Press), to Black
Press – Lawrence’s 47 years
in the media industry have
been colourful indeed.
It began in the early
1960s at a radio station in
Weyburn, Sask., where he
was an announcer. A move
to Vancouver Island in 1963
included stints with radio
stations in Courtenay and
Campbell River.
In the mid-’60s Lawrence left the radio station
in Campbell River to take a
job in sales at the Campbell
River Courier newspaper.
In 1970 Lawrence moved
to the Lower Mainland,
where his career in newspaper sales continued and
he also added a job with the
Yellow Pages to his resume.
A return to the Island in
1975 saw Lawrence work
at the Arrowsmith Star in
Parksville before coming to
Courtenay to lead the sales
department at the Comox
District Free Press, dubbed
The Green Sheet for the
colour of its front and back
pages.
After the Green Sheet
closed, Lawrence joined
the Comox Valley Record,
a Black Press publication,
in 1993. After two years

as sales manager, he was
named publisher, a post he
held until semi-retiring in
late-2008.
After working for Black
Press from home for a year,
he officially retired in 2010,
putting an exclamation
point on a successful career
of media and community
involvement.
Record publisher Zena
Williams says Lawrence
was an “invaluable adviser”
for the 18 years she worked
at the Record’s sister paper
in Campbell River.
“When I was given the
opportunity to move to
the Record this past July,
I was confident that the
foundation set by Grant
was well-entrenched and
on firm ground,” Williams
said. “I have no doubt that
this award is well-earned,
and will be forever grateful
to him for always showing
integrity and sharing his
wisdom.”
Sales manager Joanna Ross, who preceded
Williams as publisher,
has known Lawrence for
upwards of 30 years, 22
of them in the newspaper
industry.
“I was fortunate enough
to have Grant as both a
friend and mentor,” Ross
said. “His honesty, reliability and fairness both in
business and life were qualities that I have throughout
my career, aspired to live
up to. ‘Doing the right thing
even when no one is looking’ are words that I think
best describe Grant, as a
publisher and as a person.”
Black Press owner and
founder David Black congratulated Lawrence this
week for being named the
Dunning Award recipient.
Lawrence’s
notable
newspaper achievements
include guiding the Record
and the Courier to numerous provincial and national
awards, including a 2010
BCYCNA Ma Murray
award for General Excellence to the Record.
“It’s been a great 40-plus

GRANT LAWRENCE, SEEN with his wife Kathie, is capping 47 years in the media industry with the BC Housing Eric Dunning Award for Dedication and Service to
the Community Newspaper Industry.
years to have worked in this
industry, and to have seen
all of the changes, especially the production changes
from when I started when
they were still working
with hot type,” Lawrence
said. “Seeing that progress
to where we are today —
absolutely amazing.
“But I am a very strong
believer that community
newspapers are here to
stay for a very long time,”
added Lawrence, a longtime
Kinsmen (now in Kinsmen
K-40) and a member of the
Courtenay Rotary Club.
He also has a long asso-

ciation with volunteering
to assist law enforcement
agencies. His many years
with Comox Valley Crime
Stoppers include several
terms as president.
“He’s always been very
involved in the community,”
his wife Kathie says.
Now 70 years old, Lawrence has not taken up fishing or golfing in his golden
years. However, Kathie
notes he took flying lessons
when he lived in Campbell
River. Could the wild blue
yonder be the next hue on
Lawrence’s palette?

reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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Some of the recommendations to loosen B.C.’s liquor laws
worry Whistle Stop
Pub owner Barry Van
Dusen not only as a
pub owner, but also
simply as a member of
society.
He’s written a letter to Premier Christy
Clark outlining his
concerns around reinstating happy hour,
relaxing food-service
requirements, allowing
kids in pubs, selling
liquor in grocery stores
and doing away with

beer garden fencing at
festivals and events.
“I honestly don’t
believe the benefits
of relaxing the liquor
laws will do anything
for the greater good,”
says Van Dusen. “I
hope you will rethink
the impact of this new
line of thinking as it
pertains to alcohol
laws in the province.
“The only reason I
can think of for the government’s relaxation of
the liquor laws is to
gather more revenue
for the government coffers through taxation
and fines and penalties
for impaired drivers.”

GRACE HOWARD IS withdrawing from
the Miss World Canada pageant.

The
Province
announced earlier this
month it would accept
the 73 recommendations listed in MLA
John Yap’s Liquor
Policy Review final
report. The premier
had already announced
in December her government’s support for
changes to allow happy
hour offers and kids in
pubs.
Van Dusen says
happy hour offers
encourage more alcohol consumption in a
short amount of time,
as customers want
to take advantage of
the happy hour pric-

ing, and he’s concerned
more people will drive
impaired.
“The very issues
that were at the heart
of happy hours when
they were outlawed

will return, yet now
the .05 blood-alcohol
limit is even stricter
than the .08 before,
so more people will be
adversely affected by

Comox resident Grace Howard has decided to step out of the Miss World Canada
pageant.
The 20-year-old was among 40 finalists
for the competition that is part of the Miss
World movement, which in turn is partnering with the Children’s Charity that raises
funds for special-needs children.
“I want to keep my commitment to them,”
she said, explaining why she will not partake in the May 11 pageant in Vancouver.
Grace will continue to fundraise for the
Children’s Charity. She has so far raised
$1,345. Her goal is to reach $7,000 by her
birthday on April 7.
To help her fundraising efforts, visit
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‘Short-period drinking binges’ a worry
Continued from A4

hours,” he says as he
points out the various
fines and expenses
impaired drivers face
when caught.
“Is the intent of
allowing happy hours
simply to add to the
provincial
budget
through fees and fines
associated with drinking-and-driving infractions? If not, what
other ‘good’ comes out
of again allowing these
short-period drinking
binges?”
Van Dusen also
points out he could
receive a $10,000 fine
for over-serving a
patron at his pub.
Allowing children
in pubs is another one
of the recommendations Van Dusen takes
issue with. This recommendation suggests
pubs would be able to
choose whether or not
they allow families into

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watching that table all
the time they’re there
to make sure he’s not
trying to slip them a
drink,” says Van Dusen.
“They’re just increasing my liability, No. 1,
and my responsibility.”
He adds he could
increase his food business from families but
the risks aren’t worth
the possible benefit.
Van Dusen’s letter
also outlined concerns
around removal of beer
garden fencing, liquor
sales in grocery stores
and relaxing food service requirements.
Van Dusen is a past
Comox councillor.

writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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New principal good start
Change does
not satisfy
every Denman
parent
Jan Wilderom
Record Staff

Parents of students
at Denman Island
Elementary got a new
principal, but they are
still far from satisfied.
A 100-per-cent teacher turnover rate made
a substantial impact on
students, said Kathrina
Meglic, whose daughter
was led by a new teacher halfway through the
school year.
“She was basically
lying awake at night
crying because she
didn’t know what was
happening,”
Meglic
said. “After a number
of conversations about
her anxiety, we as a
family decided to allow
her to study at home
until she was comfortable with going back to
school.”
Jennifer Turner is
the new principal at
the school, which has
been a blessing, according to Meglic.
“We consider this an
excellent beginning for
the school. Since Jen
Turner has come to
the school she (Meglic’s
daughter) has agreed
to try school again.”
Other parents aren’t
as forgiving.
Lisa Lundy pulled
her son from the
2013 school year after
bringing three of her
children through the
elementary school.
“It’s really affected

the kids. My experi- relevance of what they
Meglic wants to see
ence is that a lot of the read and heard.”
some more change in
energy ends up being
“Parents seem to be the school and said
spent between adults, left in the dark and we most parents are still
and having a struggle all need to know what’s troubled by everything
between adults.
that has happened.
I think it’s highWe really don’t know
ly unfortunate
“I would say
the needs of the anything. The other teachers
a large number
children have (formerly at Denman) are
of parents would
been comprolike to see the
essentially on leave and we
mised.”
teachers
that
Once Turner don’t really know the reason
left return to
replaced
Dr. for them so doing, or if they
the school when
Shelly Robinthat’s possible.
son as principal would be able to return.
Certainly in Sepat the Denman
Kathrina Meglic tember.
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(North Island Distance “We really don’t know back that we started
anything. “The other the year with I think
Education School).
At the beginning of teachers (formerly at that would be a reason
the school year, Lundy Denman) are essential- for celebration.”
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Turner and School
NIDES. Once parents really know the reason District 71 superintenheard about the Den- for them so doing, or if dent Sherry Elwood
man turnover rate and they would be able to were not available for
learned Robinson was return.”
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On February 18th police received
a report of a break and enter to
a residence on the 500 block of
Hobson Place in Courtenay. The
investigation revealed that the
culprit entered via an unlocked
garage door and then gained entry
inside the home. (2014-1984)
A residence was entered
on February 18th after culprits
smashed a window with a rock. This
occurred at a residence on the 2900
block of Back Road in Courtenay.
Nothing appears to have been
taken in this break in. (2014-1986)
A report of vandalism was called
into police on February 19th. Two
buildings were spray painted, one of
them being a church. This occurred
on the 1600 block of Burgess road
in Courtenay. (2014-2015)
Police have been receiving
several complaints of thefts from
inside lockers and around the
parking lot of the Comox Valley
Aquatic Center located at 377
Lerwick road in Courtenay. (20142022)
On February 19th police received
a report of a theft from an outdoor
shed located at a residence on the
6500 block of Tsolum River Road in
the Courtenay area. The thief stole
3 5 gallon Gerry cans of gasoline.
(2014-2028)
On February 21st police received
a report of a break, enter and theft
from a business on the 2900 block
of Moray Avenue in Courtenay.
Four tires were stolen in this break
in. This investigation is continuing.
(2014-2105)
Police attended a two vehicle
collision that happened on highway
19 just North of the Cumberland
turn off. The investigation revealed
that a vehicle was attempting to
pass a large truck and collided with
a rear tire when it lost control on the

slushy road surface. The vehicle
then flipped and left the roadway.
Luckily there were no injuries.(20142165)
On February 23 rd police were
called to a residence on the 300
block of Church street in Comox
for a report of a break and enter.
The thief stole a guitar once inside.
(2014-2169)
Police received a call for service
from the homeowner of a residence
located on the 2000 block of
Cummings Road in Courtenay. The
homeowner reported several males
with masks and guns on his porch
attempting to get in the house.
Police attended with the police
dog and located two males and a
weapon. A third male is still being
sought by police. (2014-2197)
On February 24th police attended
to a residence on the 4300 block
of Dove Creek Road in Courtenay
for a report of a break, enter and
theft. The culprit gained entry to the
residence by smashing through an
interior door and once inside stole a
large sum of cash. (2014-2216)
If anyone has any information
with regards to any of these
investigation or other crimes,
please call the Comox Valley
RCMP at 250-338-1321. Should
you wish to remain anonymous,
please call Crime Stoppers at
1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

ERVIN CROSS (LEFT), a retired RCAF pilot and member of the Royal
Military College of Canada’s graduating class of 1957, finally receives
his degree from Dr. Joseph Buckley, RMCC’s dean of graduate studies
and vice-principal, research.

Degree finally received
Wait of more
than 50 years
ends for
former pilot

Comox
resident
Ervin Cross was presented with his Bachelor of Science degree
from the Royal Military College of Canada
(RMCC) in a Feb. 24
ceremony in Courtenay.
He graduated from
RMCC in 1957 in
chemical engineering,
two years before the
college was empowered
to grant degrees.
In recognition of the
full university program
he completed, he was
granted a degree retroactively at the RMCC
convocation in November 2013, but was
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ceremony in Kingston,
Ont.
As a representative
of the Senate of RMCC,
Dr. Joseph Buckley,
dean of graduate studies and vice-principal,
research, came to
Comox for the presentation.
He brought words
of congratulation from
Brig.-Gen. Al Meinzinger, commandant of
RMCC, and Dr. Harry
Kowal, principal of
RMCC, then gave
Cross his degree and
gifts from the commandant and principal.
“Mr. Cross is actually a member of the
RMC class of 1957. He
did not receive a degree
back then, because it
was only in 1959 that
RMC was empowered
by the Ontario legislature to confer degrees
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engineering,” Kowal
noted in a statement.
Local members of
the “Old Brigade” —
RMCC alumni from
classes at least 50
years ago — were also
in attendance.
Following the presentations,
Cross
addressed the audience
of family and friends
with words of reminiscence and thanks.
Cross was a pilot
in the RCAF and flew
the F86, Buffalo, Twin
Otter and Harvard
during his career. He
retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in
1987.
In the 1990s, RMCC
began tracking down
past students to present them degrees they
had earned, but who
had never received a
degree certificate.
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The Comox Valley Regional District’s
CVRD parks department is conducting an
assessment of its parks
and trails — inspecting
for downed trees, snow
levels, blocked roads,
etc.
Please remain out
of the parks until further notice. We hope to
have the “boots on the
ground” assessment
done by Wednesday
afternoon and will be
able to provide further
information then.
After a power outage
due to the bad weather
Monday caused the
CVRD’s sports centre
to shut down in the
afternoon, everything
is back to normal in
both the sports and
aquatic centres.
Power is on, programs on as scheduled,
and the parking lots
are clear.
And again a reminder, Emcon, not the

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Valley is 250-336-8897.
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get people to change
brands, it’s the full-size
pickup truck category,
I’m sure most of us
know of someone
who is a “Ford guy” or
The Tundra is
“Chevy diehard” owner,
even
as capable as
and getting him or
her to move to a new
many of the domestic
truck would be almost
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It wasn’t until the last
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Toyota Tundra was
introduced in 2007 that alternative to Ford,
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tender. That 2007 Tundra
and this refreshed 2014 Zack Spencer
model are designed, engineered and even built
in America, helping to pull loyal domestic buyers away.
The Tundra is even as capable as many of the domestic
brands but in some ways it still has a way to go to
truly be an alternative to Ford, GM and Ram.

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is a step up from the lower trims but not nearly as
supple and luxurious as the new batch of interiors
from Ram and GM. Those trucks, in particular, have
almost luxury-sedan interiors that make the driver
forget they are in a truck. The Tundra, in comparison,
is a bit stark, featuring a hard, simple plastic dash and
door pieces that don’t compare. The centre screen is
smaller than many competitors are, and the screen
embedded in the instrument cluster is small. What
has been improved is the overall layout of the centre
console. The back seat is massive and flips up with just
one hand to make room for interior storage. I found
the last Tundra to have a very high seating position
that limited headroom. This new 2014 seems to have a
better seating position, no longer crimping headroom
for taller drivers.
Drive
Powering the Tundra are two V8 gasoline engines.
The base model has a 4.6L V8 with 310hp and 327
lb.-ft. of torque. The larger 5.7L has 381hp and 401
lb.-ft. of torque. This is one area that the Toyota
cannot compete; there is no V6 offered and no diesel
(Ram only), which the domestic makers do offer. By
limiting the available engine options and not having
a heavy-duty model that will certainly diminish the

Are you loyal
to one brand of
vehicle when
you purchase
and if so which?

Verdict
The Tundra is a capable truck. When equipped it
can tow up to 4760 kg, which is on the high side in
this class.
What surprised me the most was the real “trucky”
ride. I have had extensive seat time in all three domestic brands over the past year and I have to say that
they are best sellers for a reason – the refinement is
rather dramatic.
The Lowdown
Power: 4.6L V8 with 310hp or 5.7L V8 with 381hp
Fill-up: 15.8L/11.0L/100km (city/highway 5.6L)
Sticker price: $26,750-$54,000
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Every day brings us closer to
more favourable spring weather
but remember we still have
plenty of rain ahead of us. It’s
a good time of year to consider
whether you need to change your
wiper blades and to
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number of domestic buyers willing to give Tundra a
try. On the road, I was surprised at just how rough the
ride is in comparison to the all-new GM trucks, which
really are like driving a big sedan. I would also place
the Ford F-150 and Ram 1500 a very close second in
ride comfort.
The Tundra is choppy on rough roads and the noise
level is on the high side. Toyota claims to have improved ride quality on this refreshed 2014 model but I
am not a fan of the ride.

Looks
As part of the 2014 redesign, Toyota went about
setting up a slightly different look for each of its trim
levels. Sold as an SR5, Limited and Platinum, each has
a variation of the oversized front grille.
The wheel openings are now larger and squarer, framing wheel sizes ranging from 18-inches on the SR5
and Limited and 20-inches on the Platinum.
The Tailgate has a soft open feature, stopping it from
slamming down, that is fantastic but there is no side
step or ladder into the bed the way Ford and the new
GM trucks have. Sold as a regular car, double cab or
Crew Cab, there is a model for most buyers.
Inside
Just as the outside was redesigned to have a unique
character for each trim, the inside mimics this idea.
The Platinum model I tested is covered with a
diamond pattern, or quilted look used on the leather
seatbacks, side door inserts and dash front panel. It

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Picture of the week

Futuristic Kia with butterfly wings

Drives-U-Crazy

The Kia Niro concept is a futuristic, upscale and performance-inspired hybrid electric drive car designed for urban dwellers.
Entry into the vehicle is by way of dihedral “butterfly” doors
with flush door handles that swing up high into the roof.
Mounted directly onto the side windows are milled “Plexiglas®1” door mirrors with built-in cameras. And at the rear,
the large hatch opens to reveal an expansive carbon-fibre-clad
cargo deck ready to swallow large quantities of equipment,
gadgets, gear or luggage.
This concept comes with a variant of Kia’s turbocharged 1.6-liter ‘Gamma’ engine, capable of 160 horsepower. The engine
and a seven-speed, dual-clutch transmission serve the front
wheels while an electric hybrid system powered by regenerative
braking delivers up to 45 horsepower to the rear wheels – when
road conditions require extra grip.
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The recent snowstorms have brought out the best and the
worst in B.C. drivers.
I would be a millionaire if I had a dollar for every person I’ve
watched over-rev a car in a futile bid to escape the combined
clutches of snow and ice.
If your car is not shod for the winter weather, then stay home
or take a cab. Otherwise, take off slowly in a higher gear than
you would in dry weather. You will stand a lot more chance
of gaining traction and less reliant on those good people
who dig you out!
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A hooker’s
cold weather fun
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for success

Las Vegas, Nevada – Volvo is hitching some of its revival hopes to a
wagon – the 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon.
Its grille is clearly all-Volvo but those typically boxy looks that
characterized the make from your dad’s day are gone. In looks it’s a
design variation of the S60 sedan and it will be a welcome sight for
loyalists of the Swedish brand, having witnessed the demise here of
the V50 and midsize V70 wagons. The wagon featured recently along
with the S60 and XC60 crossover at a
launch event in the Nevada desert.
The Volvo execs present proudly talked
about their new Drive-E powertrains,
developed thanks to the megabucks
available now that the company
is owned by the Chinese Geely
Automotive. Ford ownership may
now be retreating in Volvo’s rearview
The T5mirror but it is still beholden to the US
equipped wagon is
manufacturer for the platforms upon
a smooth operator
which these three 2015 models ride.
That will change later this year when
in performance and
the full-size XC90 crossover is set to sit
ride … while you
atop Volvo’s so-called Scalable Product
won’t burn rubber
Architecture platform.
at the green light, it
Model year 2014 saw a refresh of all
three midsize Volvo models showing in
will take off when
the desert so this was truly about the
necessary.
new engines. The Drive-E family of gas,
diesel and hybrid (the latter not yet,
Keith Morgan
but soon) engines are built around a
single, 2.0-litre four-cylinder powerplant.
It’s a brave gamble, worthy of Vegas, when you ponder the XC90
relying on such a small engine. Asked if this were a safe bet, the
Swedes just smiled and promised the performance of the four-cylinder
configuration will equal their big brothers by using such technologies
as direct fuel injection, turbocharging, supercharging and . . .
electrification.
Here in the Great White North, just the two gas engines will be offered
initially – the new turbocharged T5 pumps out 240 horsepower, while
the turbo’ed and supercharged T6 adds another 62 horses.
The base front-wheel-drive V60 T5, with a new eight-speed automatic
transmission, will set you back $39,800. Volvos have never been
cheap. The other three Sportswagons will continue to use existing
powerplants, six-speed automatic transmissions and Haldex all-wheeldrive systems.
Did a little shopping off the strip in the XC60, which came into its
own, its cavernous rear swallowing up my bulky purchases. I’ll reserve
comments on the crossover until I’ve had a chance to put it through its
paces in BC.
However, I got much more seat time in the V60 and S60 (S60 with T5
$37,750. T6 $42,850), taking in the awe-inspiring beauty of the Valley
of Fire state park and Red Rock Canyon.

Alexandra Straub puts her BMW through the paces as she learns car control at the ICAR track in Mirabel, Quebec.

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The T5-equipped wagon is a smooth operator in performance and
ride. And while you won’t burn rubber at the green light, it will take
off when necessary . . . not that we got any chance to pass in the low
speed limit state park! Volvo says it will hit 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds
if given the lead foot treatment. (The T6 in sedan tells a slightly racier
story. Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating but only a little and I look forward
pressing the pedal to the metal where I can legally do so.)
The T5 fuel economy ratings fare well in comparison with the market
competition – 9.4/6.3/8.1 L/100km
(city/hwy/combined). These
2015 Volvo V60
numbers are squeezed out of the
Sportwagon T5 FWD
power plant with the help of the
Base Sticker Price: $39,800
standard engine stop/start system
Power: 2.0L, 16-valve, 240 hp,
and the efficient new eight-speed
turbocharged DOHC I-4, mated
transmission, which slips into a
to eight-speed automatic
neutral coasting mode when you
Fuel Consumption:
lift your foot off the gas.
Inside, the instrument panel
9.4/6.3/8.1 L/100km (city/
stretches the span of the car and
hwy/combined)
features an attractive floating
centre console, which mixes good
looks with functionality. Swedes are safety conscious, of course, and
that means lane change, cross traffic, blind spot warnings and alerts.
The front seating is comfortable if a little soft on a long drive. Rear
seating ditto and headroom is good despite the coupe-style slope of
the rear. And a good view of the road fore, fore aft and side is enjoyed
by all.
Great stowage room in the rear. The 40/20/40 split second row folds
flat to provide enough space to move a small apartment’s furniture.
Just kidding but you get the picture.

relatively short so we have more drive time.
It’s mentioned that we’ll be practising manouevres with and
without electronic help, to put both power and performance
to the test.
Oh yeah.
Proper seating position is outlined when we initially get
behind the wheel. Then we’re off.
You might ask what is the point behind putting one of
BMW’s latest products sideways on an ice track in subzero
temperatures. My initial answer is only three letters long
and to the point: fun.
But that’s only a byproduct of what the impetus behind the
program is; a program that started back in 1977 and is now
offered in 35 countries.
The main goal is safety.
It’s to introduce drivers to techniques that might help correct
the car if it is not doing what you want it to.
For example, if your wheels are pointed in one direction,
but your car is going in another, what should you do? Or, if
you feel the back end of the car breaking loose, how do you
wrangle it in?
Putting yourself and the 435i through the paces in a safe
and controlled environment is the best place to learn. If you
spin out, you’re not going to go into oncoming traffic. You
just stop, turn the car around, and keep going. You’ll probably giggle a little in the process and tell yourself you’ll “get
it next time.”
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The man from BMW once
called me a hooker.
Surprisingly, I wasn’t that
offended. I actually laughed
at such a descriptor, as did
everyone else around me.
I didn’t feel so bad because
I wasn’t the only one in the
group labelled thusly at the
Be careful where
brand’s Driver Training; a
you put your hands
full day of driving 3 Series
so as to not lose
sedans (back then) to improve our own car control. I
control.
didn’t have too many years
Alexandra Straub
of driving experience back
then but I unfortunately I
had picked up a few bad habits on the road.
What’s a ‘hooker’, according to the instructors at the German automaker’s training?
Someone who hooks his or her hand into the steering wheel
when making a turn. It’s a big boo-boo and not an effective
way to drive. It’s also totally unsafe should an accident occur
in the process. Needless to say, pointing out the ‘hooker’ in
me caused me to change my habits for the better. In other
words, be careful where you put our hands so as to not lose
control!
And in the most recent installment of learning car control
with BMW, no such noun was used when relating to my
technique. Thank goodness.
It’s minus 15 degrees at the ICAR track in Mirabel, Quebec.
The sun is out and there’s a lineup of all-new
435i coupes just begging to be driven.
Some are equipped with the brand’s all-wheel
drive system. Some are rear-wheel drive. Regardless, I’ll have my way with both configurations by the end of the day, so to speak.
The adventure is better known as the Winter
Driver Training program, offered exclusively at
the ICAR location. That said, you don’t need to
own a BMW to participate. Learning car control
in less than perfect circumstances is available
to all who have $795. In my opinion, it’s money
extremely well spent.
The day starts out with an in-class session that
goes over theory and what will be executed
throughout the various exercises. It’s kept

Las Vegas, Nevada – Volvo is hitching some of its revival hopes to a
wagon – the 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon.
Its grille is clearly all-Volvo but those typically boxy looks that
characterized the make from your dad’s day are gone. In looks it’s a
design variation of the S60 sedan and it will be a welcome sight for
loyalists of the Swedish brand, having witnessed the demise here of
the V50 and midsize V70 wagons. The wagon featured recently along
with the S60 and XC60 crossover at a
launch event in the Nevada desert.
The Volvo execs present proudly talked
about their new Drive-E powertrains,
developed thanks to the megabucks
available now that the company
is owned by the Chinese Geely
Automotive. Ford ownership may
now be retreating in Volvo’s rearview
The T5mirror but it is still beholden to the US
equipped wagon is
manufacturer for the platforms upon
a smooth operator
which these three 2015 models ride.
That will change later this year when
in performance and
the full-size XC90 crossover is set to sit
ride … while you
atop Volvo’s so-called Scalable Product
won’t burn rubber
Architecture platform.
at the green light, it
Model year 2014 saw a refresh of all
three midsize Volvo models showing in
will take off when
the desert so this was truly about the
necessary.
new engines. The Drive-E family of gas,
diesel and hybrid (the latter not yet,
Keith Morgan
but soon) engines are built around a
single, 2.0-litre four-cylinder powerplant.
It’s a brave gamble, worthy of Vegas, when you ponder the XC90
relying on such a small engine. Asked if this were a safe bet, the
Swedes just smiled and promised the performance of the four-cylinder
configuration will equal their big brothers by using such technologies
as direct fuel injection, turbocharging, supercharging and . . .
electrification.
Here in the Great White North, just the two gas engines will be offered
initially – the new turbocharged T5 pumps out 240 horsepower, while
the turbo’ed and supercharged T6 adds another 62 horses.
The base front-wheel-drive V60 T5, with a new eight-speed automatic
transmission, will set you back $39,800. Volvos have never been
cheap. The other three Sportswagons will continue to use existing
powerplants, six-speed automatic transmissions and Haldex all-wheeldrive systems.
Did a little shopping off the strip in the XC60, which came into its
own, its cavernous rear swallowing up my bulky purchases. I’ll reserve
comments on the crossover until I’ve had a chance to put it through its
paces in BC.
However, I got much more seat time in the V60 and S60 (S60 with T5
$37,750. T6 $42,850), taking in the awe-inspiring beauty of the Valley
of Fire state park and Red Rock Canyon.

Alexandra Straub puts her BMW through the paces as she learns car control at the ICAR track in Mirabel, Quebec.

Volvo S60, V60, XC60.

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Volvo S60

Volvo XC60

The T5-equipped wagon is a smooth operator in performance and
ride. And while you won’t burn rubber at the green light, it will take
off when necessary . . . not that we got any chance to pass in the low
speed limit state park! Volvo says it will hit 100 km/h in 6.3 seconds
if given the lead foot treatment. (The T6 in sedan tells a slightly racier
story. Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating but only a little and I look forward
pressing the pedal to the metal where I can legally do so.)
The T5 fuel economy ratings fare well in comparison with the market
competition – 9.4/6.3/8.1 L/100km
(city/hwy/combined). These
2015 Volvo V60
numbers are squeezed out of the
Sportwagon T5 FWD
power plant with the help of the
Base Sticker Price: $39,800
standard engine stop/start system
Power: 2.0L, 16-valve, 240 hp,
and the efficient new eight-speed
turbocharged DOHC I-4, mated
transmission, which slips into a
to eight-speed automatic
neutral coasting mode when you
Fuel Consumption:
lift your foot off the gas.
Inside, the instrument panel
9.4/6.3/8.1 L/100km (city/
stretches the span of the car and
hwy/combined)
features an attractive floating
centre console, which mixes good
looks with functionality. Swedes are safety conscious, of course, and
that means lane change, cross traffic, blind spot warnings and alerts.
The front seating is comfortable if a little soft on a long drive. Rear
seating ditto and headroom is good despite the coupe-style slope of
the rear. And a good view of the road fore, fore aft and side is enjoyed
by all.
Great stowage room in the rear. The 40/20/40 split second row folds
flat to provide enough space to move a small apartment’s furniture.
Just kidding but you get the picture.

relatively short so we have more drive time.
It’s mentioned that we’ll be practising manouevres with and
without electronic help, to put both power and performance
to the test.
Oh yeah.
Proper seating position is outlined when we initially get
behind the wheel. Then we’re off.
You might ask what is the point behind putting one of
BMW’s latest products sideways on an ice track in subzero
temperatures. My initial answer is only three letters long
and to the point: fun.
But that’s only a byproduct of what the impetus behind the
program is; a program that started back in 1977 and is now
offered in 35 countries.
The main goal is safety.
It’s to introduce drivers to techniques that might help correct
the car if it is not doing what you want it to.
For example, if your wheels are pointed in one direction,
but your car is going in another, what should you do? Or, if
you feel the back end of the car breaking loose, how do you
wrangle it in?
Putting yourself and the 435i through the paces in a safe
and controlled environment is the best place to learn. If you
spin out, you’re not going to go into oncoming traffic. You
just stop, turn the car around, and keep going. You’ll probably giggle a little in the process and tell yourself you’ll “get
it next time.”
For more information, visit: http://tinyurl.com/nw54b8p
alexandra.straub@drivewaybc.ca

The man from BMW once
called me a hooker.
Surprisingly, I wasn’t that
offended. I actually laughed
at such a descriptor, as did
everyone else around me.
I didn’t feel so bad because
I wasn’t the only one in the
group labelled thusly at the
Be careful where
brand’s Driver Training; a
you put your hands
full day of driving 3 Series
so as to not lose
sedans (back then) to improve our own car control. I
control.
didn’t have too many years
Alexandra Straub
of driving experience back
then but I unfortunately I
had picked up a few bad habits on the road.
What’s a ‘hooker’, according to the instructors at the German automaker’s training?
Someone who hooks his or her hand into the steering wheel
when making a turn. It’s a big boo-boo and not an effective
way to drive. It’s also totally unsafe should an accident occur
in the process. Needless to say, pointing out the ‘hooker’ in
me caused me to change my habits for the better. In other
words, be careful where you put our hands so as to not lose
control!
And in the most recent installment of learning car control
with BMW, no such noun was used when relating to my
technique. Thank goodness.
It’s minus 15 degrees at the ICAR track in Mirabel, Quebec.
The sun is out and there’s a lineup of all-new
435i coupes just begging to be driven.
Some are equipped with the brand’s all-wheel
drive system. Some are rear-wheel drive. Regardless, I’ll have my way with both configurations by the end of the day, so to speak.
The adventure is better known as the Winter
Driver Training program, offered exclusively at
the ICAR location. That said, you don’t need to
own a BMW to participate. Learning car control
in less than perfect circumstances is available
to all who have $795. In my opinion, it’s money
extremely well spent.
The day starts out with an in-class session that
goes over theory and what will be executed
throughout the various exercises. It’s kept

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important features of the
truck when it comes to
improving its ride.
It is vital to make the right
choice and then maintain
them so they last for a long
time. Before you choose the
best tire for your truck, it
If you only drive
is essential to understand
on the street then
the terms of the truck tire
a low profile truck
world.
Tires for example are
tire will be fine, but
specified in this form if you go off-roading
265/75R/16. The first numthen you are going
ber is the width of the truck
to want more tire in
tire, the second number is
between your rim and the aspect ratio or height
of the sidewall and the
the ground.
third number is the wheel
diameter or rim size.
Ian Harwood
The height of your sidewall
is important and should be
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most often. If you only drive on the street then a low profile
truck tire will be fine, but if you go off-roading then you
are going to want more tire in between your rim and the
ground. That way you will not bottom out on the rims when
the tires encounter rough terrain off-road.
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giving your truck a better grip, both on and off road. Your
truck’s handling becomes easier because of the bigger tire
width. On the other
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truck tire will make
more noise and may
decrease the fuel efficiency of the truck.
Wider tires can also
slip more when it
rains, not that it rains
much in Vancouver.
The size of the rim is
Off-road tire
a personal preference.
The larger sized rims are popular today. Just make sure that
the rim and truck tire you choose will fit inside the wheel
well of the truck, and don’t forget to upgrade your brakes
to help stop this increase in weight. The wheel rim width
varies from truck to truck. It can be custom made to suit
both on and off road driving conditions. The wheel rim width
is rounded off to the nearest half inch of the tire. Usually, the
best choice is to have the rim width at about 90 per cent of
the tread width of the tire.
The most important safety aspect of maintenance on your
truck is to keep its tires intact and in good shape. A blown
tire can cause an accident in an instant. The number one
cause of the tire wear and tear is incorrect tire pressure. All
the tires on the truck should have consistent air pressure to
carry the weight equally. Adequate air pressure is important
for a good tire life, handling, and traction.
Look through your owner’s manual, on the sticker inside the

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COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Thursday, February 27, 2014

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Gone in a flash: four quickest automotive failures
Ireland) to construct another gullwing-door sports car
named after its founder.
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superstar John Z. DeLorean
stole a page from the Bricklin playbook. Just five years
later, he convinced another
gullible government (this
time, the UK Labour Party)
to build a factory in another
high unemployment area
(troubled Belfast, Northern

1948 Tucker

MY NISSAN

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Hundred-year anniversaries
in the automotive world are
nearly as common as new
reality TV shows (General
Motors, Aston Martin and
Alfa Romeo all turned 100
recently).
The car companies on this
list weren’t as fortunate.
Davis (1947-48): The Davis
Car Company was founded
in 1947 in Van Nuys, Calif.,
by entrepreneur Gary Davis,
who for reasons best known
to himself decided that
America was ready for a
tiny three-wheeled car with
just 47 hp. Like the next car
company on the list, Davis
also took advantage of a
surplus WW2 defense plant
as his base of operations.
With the fast-developing
freeway culture in Southern California (the car’s
introduction coincided with
the adoption of a comprehensive freeway plan for
the region), there was little
demand for an underpowered three-wheeler wholly
unsuited for freeway use.
The company collapsed
in 1948 under the weight
of unpaid employees and
suppliers.
Tucker (1948): The Tucker
story is probably the least
comical of the bunch. Preston Tucker conceived a car
with some truly innovative
safety and performance
features. Its merits were
considerable and it deserved
to succeed. Sadly, it wasn’t
to be. Negative publicity —
and, many say, a conspiracy
among the legacy automakers — coupled with
an SEC investigation put a
quick end to Tucker. About
50 cars were built in an
ex-defense plant in Chicago
before Tucker folded in early
1949, and 1948 was the
only model year for the car
known as the Tucker 48.
Tuckers have brought as
much as $2 million at classic
car auctions.
Bricklin (1974-76): Malcolm
Bricklin just can’t stay out
of the automotive industry.
An early investor in Subaru
of North America, he sold
his stake to finance his
dream — a “safety” sports

Canada, from 1974-76.
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gullwing doors were famous
for trapping occupants
inside — and low demand
sunk Bricklin, leaving the
Canadian government to
foot the bills.
DeLorean (1981-83): Ex-GM

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concerning the driver of the snow
plow who must have been on contract for plowing Merville Road during the recent snowfall on Saturday
the 22nd. While we are very grateful
to have our road plowed, we do not
wish to witness an accident or be victims ourselves of this snowplow zipping back and forth along our road at
least four times at 100 km/h or more.
There was no warning it was coming;
it screamed like a jet plane when it
passed, and streaked by so fast that
we could barely get a glimpse of it; but
from the flash we could see, it was a
truck with some red on it, a grey tank
of some sort on the back, and a big
blade on the front. This part of Merville Road is a narrow, windy road with
blind curves and driveways, and during the day we saw several cyclists go
by as well as someone walking along
the road with a child. Had any of these
been on the road when this machine
flew by they would not even have had
time to scramble into the snowy ditch
and would have been flattened and
buried. Had any of us been venturing
out of our driveways in cars or on foot
at the time we would have been flattened and buried. Given the terrible
conditions, it’s hard to imagine such
wanton recklessness of a driver of any
vehicle, let alone a big machine. Like
I say, we’re certainly grateful for our
road being plowed to make it safer,
but it was far more dangerous with
this maniac on the loose at the wheel
of a big machine.

CUPS OF WARM Irish cocoa for

the snow removal team at the public
works department, City of Courtenay
and City executive assistant Susie. Yes,
you were “just doing your jobs” during
this recent round of white stuff, but
you should know you are appreciated.

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE that more

than four days after the snow started
i.e. 4 a.m. Saturday, that we are still
waiting for a snow plow. It is getting
pretty close to noon Tuesday. Is there
no one supervising the contract for

THANK YOU AND much luck to
the gentleman at the end of the road
who had the kindness to shovel the
long driveway. What a great neighbour
you are!
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 a.m.
on Sunday, Feb. 23, we were headed up
Ryan Road toward Costco so I could
go to work. Given the horrible snowfall and rain mix we had, we were
very aware of our speed. We were going around 50 to 55 km/h. We were in
the left lane. A balding man driving a
white SUV type vehicle came speeding up from behind us in the right lane
and proceeded to cut us off as the hill
started to level off before the turnoff
to NIC. He barely left us one foot between bumpers. The sudden cutoff
covered our windshield with slush,
leaving us blinded. Had there been a
car behind us, we would have been
rear-ended. Had there been a car in
the right lane, we would have been hit.
My husband had to hit the brakes and
move over to the shoulder in order to
regain control of the vehicle. The worst
part is my two young children were in
the back seat. The driver did not gain
anywhere in line from cutting us off
and risking our lives. He turned left
towards the Veterans Memorial Parkway as we went straight through after
the light changed. We were stopped
beside each other at the light. If you
know this man, the RCMP would love
to have a chat. I’ve already called them
with the licence plate number. If this
man is reading this, How dare you risk

HAVE
YOUR
SAY…

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Specializing in Retirement Lifestyles

road clearance? Are our tax dollars
being spent keeping the rich folks on
Mount Washington happy? Does the
contractor not have enough equipment for the contract they bid on?
We as the taxpayers deserve some
answers. This is by far the worst service we have ever received and we
haven’t received much in the past.
Get a grip, Ministry of Transportation,
and do your job. (Editor’s note: Private
contractor Emcon is responsible for
clearing snow from Comox Valley rural roads).

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some communication issues where
she didn’t understand me, and some
where I didn’t understand her. There
were a few times she asked if she
could put me on hold while she asked
someone else. Forty-five minutes later I reached the point where I could
save my work, and log off. I thanked
the woman for her help. Then before
I was able to hang up, I was asked if
she could send me a survey about
the service I had received. “Survey,” I
thought. “I hate surveys.” And so I replied, “Yes, thank you for sending it
to me.” During my meal preparation
I thought about the ordeal I had just
gone through. I began to think of this
woman. It was very likely that English
wasn’t her first language, and I admire
anyone who can communicate using a second language. Regarding the
times I was placed on hold while she
asked for some help, I wouldn’t know
if she had had adequate training, or if
even this was her first day on the job.
I knew I couldn’t respond to the survey and say anything that might put
her employment in jeopardy. Might
she have been a single mom? Might
her wages have been just enough to
get by – or perhaps even less? And
all through our session she was very
polite. I decided I would complete the
survey, and I did just that. I spoke well
of Manisha and of the help I received
on the phone. And afterward, I said a
prayer for Manisha. I knew this was

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the lives of two young children? Are
the lives of four people less important
than what you rushed meaninglessly
for? You could have merged behind us
like you legally should do. You could
have merged farther ahead. There
were no other vehicles in your way,
only one truck in the right lane farther
ahead. Shame on you.

Seedy Saturday back
Toward a GE Free Comox Valley
on March 1 offers something for
everyone interested in gardening,
growing food, saving seeds, building
soil and having fun.
The Community Seed Exchange
and Horticultural Trade Show starts
at 10 a.m. at the Florence Filberg
Centre in Courtenay.
More than 45 vendors and exhibitors will have what you need to
stop dreaming about the garden and
really get your hands dirty.
Comox Valley Growers and Seed
Savers will have thousands of locally grown and saved open-pollinated
seeds to trade and buy.
Keynote speakers at 1:30 p.m.
are Dirk Becker and Nicole Shaw,
well-known for their urban farming
battle to grow food in Lantzville and
for creating the successful Bowen
Road Farmers’ Market in Nanaimo.
They also published Synergy
Magazine for 10 years and hosted a
radio program — both of which were

Finding a rickshaw
to transport a group
of women to Bollywood
on April 4 would be
difficult.
Finding tickets to
the event — not so
tough.
Ticket sales have
been brisk and women
who want to attend
this amazing event are
advised to pick their
tickets up at Level 10

Eurospa on Cliffe or
Secret Drawers Lingerie on Fifth Street in
Courtenay before the
March 5 deadline.
An authentic Indian
meal that includes saffron chicken and spicy
lemon pilaf are but a
few of the delicacies
to be presented by
Gourmet Girls. Combine great food with a
quick bhangra dance

lesson, music created
especially for the event
by JPrime, and lots of
dance demos — and it
will prove to be a night
of fun.
Never mind the
rickshaw — use what
transport is available
and get yourself down
to the ticket venues.
The event is a fundraiser to assist popular
Comox Valley resident

International students here
G.P. Vanier Secondary School
with support from the Comox Valley
International Student Program (a
division of School District 71) will
welcome 33 high school students
and three teachers from Italy.
The group — from Instituto
Lorenzo Cobianchi, a high school in
Verbenia — will visit March 3 to 17.
This international exchange program will return 20 G.P. Vanier students to Verbenia in October 2014 .
“The Vanier school community
is thrilled and excited to have an
exchange opportunity with Instituto
Lorenzo Cobianchi. The exchange of
ideas, educational items and culture

will have a positive impact on our
school community and the Comox
Valley community,” said G.P. Vanier
vice-principal Brian McAskill.
The group will experience Mount
Washington Alpine Resort, a trip to
Tofino, and a warm school-wide G.P.
Vanier welcome at 9 a.m. on March 4
in the G.P. Vanier front lobby.
For more information on the
Comox Valley International Student Program, including information on becoming a host family, visit
www.studyinbritishcolumbia.com or
e-mail isponline@sd71.bc.ca.
— Comox Valley International
Student Program

dedicated to living more consciously.
Friday night, in the Lower Native
Sons Hall in Courtenay, Coun. Harold Steves of Richmond will present
his personal and professional story
at 7 p.m.
The event is supported by LUSH
Valley, GE Watch Comox Valley and
Eatmore Sprouts.
Harold will speak about his participation in the creation of Richmond
as a GE-Free Zone — the challenges,
the steps and the accrued benefits
to the city and her farmers and
residents.
The admission fee for Friday
night includes Seedy Saturday the
next day.
Seedy Saturday is CVGSS’ primary fundraiser for the year so
they can offer ongoing education
and information to the community.
Visit www.cvgss.org for a full list
of speakers, vendors & exhibitors,
and activities.
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ALAN FLETCHER, ABOVE, was among the attendees at the Vancouver Island Construction Association meeting for industry professionals Tuesday at the Old House Hotel. A panel spoke about issues and
opportunities related to mega-projects and the local construction
industry. The panel members included Greg Baynton, CEO, Vancouver
Island Construction Association; Ross McLean, chair of the BCCA, managing partner Houle Electric; Tom Sparrow, chief project officer, Island
Health, North Island Hospital Project; and Steven Watson, community
relations, BC Hydro, John Hart Dam Project.
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BBB lists accredited businesses
Laura Lavin
Black Press

The Better Business Bureau serving
Vancouver
Island’s
2014 Directory is being
greeted with enthusiasm by dependable
business owners and
discerning residents.
Published by Black
Press, the BBB presents a comprehensive
list of accredited businesses on Vancouver
Island annually. More

than 135,000 of the
36-page directories are
being distributed from
Victoria to Port Alberni
this week.
“These are the businesses you want to do
business with,” said
president and CEO
Rosalind Scott. “Put
it right next to your
phone book. It’s like a
little Bible.”
In order to become
an accredited business that gets listed in
the directory, a busi-

ness must have been
in operation for at
least a year, have no
unresolved complaints
lodged against it, have
established a positive
presence in the marketplace and have a
good rating with the
BBB, based on specific
criteria.
“Not just any business can become a
BBB accredited business. Only businesses
that meet our Code of
Business Practices and

Standards of Trust are
eligible,” said Scott.
“We hold our accredited businesses accountable. This directory is
your comprehensive
guide to local companies you can trust.”
Go
to bbb.org/
vancouver-island for
more information and
look for your copy of
the BBB serving Vancouver Island’s 2014
Directory in the Feb.
28 News.
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Five openings on Chamber board

The Comox Valley
Chamber of Commerce
hosts a networking
lunch that will include
elections to its board,
March 19 from 11:45
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Westerly, 1590 Cliffe
Ave. in Courtenay.
The volunteer board
is comprised of 12
business leaders who
provide governance
on behalf of Chamber members. They
typically serve a twoyear term, elected
by the membership
in March. There are
five director positions
available.

Tickets are $25 for
chamber members and
$35 for prospective
members.
Only members can
vote.
•The Coastal Community Credit Union
hosts a business mixer
March 11 from 5:307:30 p.m.
Monthly Chamber
mixers are designed
to help members meet
potential customers,
clients and vendors
and generate new business leads. Attendees are encouraged
to exchange business
cards, introduce staff

and bring guests. Members can bring a door
prize for added exposure for your business.
The event is free for
Chamber members,

and $10 for non-members.
The Fourth Street
branch of the Credit
Union is at 291 Fourth
St.

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Dark days at Safeway
These are difficult days for employees at the
Safeway in Courtenay.
Working for a company that suddenly has a new
owner is unsettling, as people at Thrifty Foods
learned when the Island grocer was purchased by
Sobeys in 2007.
Workers at Safeway learned in June that Nova
Scotia-based Sobeys had agreed to buy Safeway’s
213 Canadian stores for $5.8 billion.
Learning the new owner will close your store is
a bigger shock.
Earlier this month, Sobeys announced it will
close the Safeway store in Courtenay on May 10.
The store, which has operated in the Comox Valley
for 75 years, has 120 employees — 50 full-time and
70 part-time.
With its 75 new Safeway locations in B.C. and
as well as existing IGA and Thrifty Foods brands,
Sobeys will have 107 grocery outlets in this province.
That is more than the 101 for Overwaitea Food
Group, 84 Loblaws, 25 Walmarts and 14 Costcos.
To prevent undue concentration of ownership, the
Competition Bureau ordered Sobeys Inc. to sell 23
stores in Western Canada before it would approve
the Safeway purchase.
The Courtenay store wasn’t on that list with
three Greater Victoria stores and two on the Lower
Mainland. Apparently it was on another list.
One issue for Sobeys, which succinctly cited
financial viability for the decision to close Safeway
in Courtenay, is that it already had one Thrifty
location downtown, then it opened a new one at
Ryan and Lerwick. Three stores in a market this
size compete against each other.
The local grocery war intensified when Costco
came to the market and Walmart added a significant grocery component. People buying food in the
Comox Valley have plenty of choice.
Just don’t tell that to the people who liked shopping at Safeway, who appreciate Air Miles points
and who have developed a friendly relationship
with Safeway staff.
Don’t tell it to the people who are losing their
jobs. Don’t tell it to Safeway employees who love
the Comox Valley, but who will have to leave to
find work.
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This week: Twenty-seven per cent of respondents said they would do something to support Pink Shirt Day. Next week: Would you be affected by a BC
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the mainpage.
“An amazing amount of
warm clothing” was
donated in the Comox
Valley to the annual Turn
Down the Heat campaign.

The latest salvo in a never-ending war between
Victoria and the BCTF is
the union’s announcement of a strike vote.

Solutions obvious for ferries
Dear editor,
It was probably no surprise to
most people that B.C. Transportation Minister Stone announced
that the service cuts would go
ahead for BC Ferries, totally
ignoring passenger and resident
concerns.
Making seniors pay half of the
passenger fare will not save as
much as they forecast because
some seniors will cut back on
how often they travel.
Talking about seniors, will
these fare increases and service
cuts reduce seniors from the
Prairies who may have been
planning to retire on Vancouver
Island or the nearby smaller
islands?
Of course there are obvious
solutions.
Having over 600 mangers
(including 12 vice-presidents)

and administrative staff is
excessive, very inefficient and
unnecessary, particularly when
compared to Washington State
ferries.
Washington ferries have one
manager for every 40 workers.
B.C. has one manager for every
eight workers.
In 2010, about half of BC Ferries’ 4,200 workers earned over
$75,000. (More recent figures are
hard to come by).
Eliminating half of those managers/admin staff could produce
$30 million in savings. Also,
eliminating free employee and
retiree passes — another $9 million.
What about the union workers
with a 100-per-cent fully funded
benefits plan? A gift shop cashier
earns $24.49 per hour, ticket
attendant at boarding booth,

$24.85 per hour, coffee shop
attendant, $23.35 per hour, and a
third cook $27.51 per hour, with
pay raises coming April 1, 2014,
and April 1, 2015.
No doubt with so many
employees, a number of union
positions could be cut as well.
BC Ferries has lost ridership
of some one million passengers
and half a million vehicles, compared to about three years ago,
in a period when the economy
and population has been recovering and growing.
Properly managing employee
costs would result in reduced
future fare increases and
reinstating some of the service
cuts recently announced and
reverse the decline in
ridership.
Ed Zirkwitz,
Royston

Dear editor,
I must apologize because it
is true that you cannot believe
everything you read.
According to the school board,
the head-lice policy on their
website is false because it has
not been updated since 2008, but
they are working on it, I am told.
On Feb. 6 I had requested that
head lice be on the agenda for
the next board meeting because
we have an outbreak in our
schools.
I was told that meetings have
taken place and that we might
see it on the agenda in March, a
little late in my opinion.
I was also told that I could
phone Island Health myself and
set something up with our school
because they would be more than
willing, but they will not check
for head lice.
As I see it, that is not my job.
All I have been asking for is
for more education to be put
into the schools, not just the wet
combing pamphlets, and not one

person has said that’s a good
idea.
From my e-mails I have come
to the conclusion that the school
board and Island Health do not
care.
It might not be a disease, but
our children are not happy and I
always thought that schools were

supposed to be safe and make
children feel welcome.
To me it seems they would just
like me to go away, but I’m not
going to. I will be at school board
meetings because unhappy kids
make an unhappy mom.
Gillian Hastings,
Comox Valley

Dear editor,
I would like to offer a solution
to the CVRD for rural residents
having to pay tipping fees for
small amounts of garbage at our
garbage dump.
Put a coin-operated garbage
bin beside the CVRD composting
centre on Headquarters Road.
Pay for the pickup of said bin
with the coins collected.
Charge $2, and limit the size
of the catchment container to
ensure small amounts of garbage are dumped per fee. Set up
recycling bins beside the garbage

bin to encourage recycling and
provide a composting bin beside
the compost centre for those who
choose not to compost at home.
Surround the whole thing
with a fence, put a camera on it
to catch vandals and/or illegal
dumpers, and keep it open during daylight hours.
This could certainly save many
people a long drive to the landfill
to dump a very small amount of
trash. Seems like a logical fix to
me.
Valerie McCormick,
Area B

She’ll be persistent like head lice
A fix for tipping fees

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Grizzly hunt isn’t going away in this province
VICTORIA – A little-noticed protest tent
sprouted up on the
rain-soaked B.C. legislature grounds earlier
this month.
Green Party MLA
Andrew Weaver spoke,
asking whether B.C.
residents would tolerate trophy hunting
of killer whales. That
would be a federal
matter, but the point
is vividly made about
the onset of B.C.’s traditional spring grizzly
bear hunt.
It’s bigger this
year, with Kootenay
and Chilcotin wildlife
management regions
reopened after closures
were enacted to preserve grizzly populations. In all, more than
1,000 grizzly bears are
up for grabs. As with
limited-entry hunts

for deer and other
animals, only about a
third of those hunts
are successful in an
average year.
The rally was sponsored by the Coastal
First Nations Great
Bear Initiative, the
partnership with
U.S.-directed environment groups Sierra
Club, Greenpeace and
ForestEthics that has
become so influential
in B.C. affairs. It produced a survey showing that 88 per cent of
B.C. residents oppose
trophy hunting, and
its California experts
calculate a 10-fold
increase in value when
bear hunting gives
way to bear watching.
The Raincoast Conservation Society has
bought up half a dozen
guiding territories on

Politics

Tom

Fletcher
the remote B.C. coast.
Combined with government restrictions,
more than half the
coast is now off limits
to bear hunting. Naturally, activists want
the whole province
shut down.
Wildlife management is the responsibility of Forests, Lands
and Natural Resource
Operations Minister
Steve Thomson. He’s
heard plenty from all
sides and he maintains that bear watching and bear hunting
will continue to coexist
in B.C.

Thomson has just
introduced legislation
to permit hunting
guide territories to
be operated by corporations as well as
individuals. This is a
long-sought change,
allowing First Nations
companies and others
access to bank loans to
expand the industry.
Non-resident hunters are required to
hire a licensed guideoutfitter. Hunting in
general is making
a comeback in B.C.
Ministry data show
hunting licenses had
declined to 85,633 in
2006, but recovered to
reach 97,828 by 2013.
Thomson credits the
work of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, which
runs hunter training
courses. Another program, Becoming an

Trade deal needs public scrutiny
Dear editor,
When did we, as
Canadian citizens and
members of a B.C.
community, agree to
give corporations from
other countries the
power to challenge, to
sue and to strike down
our municipal, provin-

cial and federal laws?
I, personally, don’t
remember any politician promising to do
this at any time over
the last couple of
decades.
Nor do I remember
any discussion about
the value of keeping

‘A bunch of nuts’
Dear editor,
In a letter to the editor (Record, Feb. 13),
Rick Neveaux minces
no words — he wants
rid of post office brass.
Recently, I wanted
to mail a small parcel
from Courtenay to
Buckley Bay, a distance of roughly 25
kilometres. The parcel,
a small cylinder, consisted of a photo rolled
into three joined toilet
roll tubes.
With its length of
fewer than 30 centimetres, and weighing
a little fewer than
50 grams, the cost
was believed to hover
around $1.50.
How wrong I
was! Eleven dollars
was the charge.
Needless to say,
Canada Post lost itself
one customer.
The suspicion
inevitably grows that
Canada Post, with
ridiculous charges and
tardy deliveries, deliberately is making itself
redundant, no doubt
aided and abetted
by unpublished policies of the Canadian
government.
Staff on the ground
appear similarly disgusted. The postal
clerk, confronted by
my objections, called
postal executives “a
bunch of nuts.”
“Let the employ-

ees run Canada Post.
First then will postal
services succeed,” she
firmly held.
Perhaps. But an
experiment worth the
candle. It cannot be
much worse than is
currently the case.
Finn Schultz-Lorentzen,
Courtenay

our participation in
huge international
agreements secret,
without public debate
or decision-making at
any level of government.
Challenges to our
sovereignty and this
secrecy are both things
that I do not support, and would have
argued strenuously
against them, had I
been given an opportunity.
We all need that
opportunity now.
The B.C. government will be asked
to ratify the CanadaEuropean Union
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), likely

within the next year.
The public has not
seen the full text of
the agreement, nor
have many provincial
officials.
No municipal governments have been
allowed to see it, even
though the BC Union
of Municipalities has
passed several motions
expressing their concerns about the inclusion of their spending
and regulations for the
first time in a large
trade agreement.
We need assurance
from the B.C. government that it will not
ratify this agreement
without a full public
review. Alice de Wolff,
Courtenay

QUESTIONS ABOUT
COMOX VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT BUDGET?
You can ask those questions and get answers in several
ways this year.
■ In person Thursday March 6, 4 to 7 p.m.
CVRD boardroom 550B Comox Road, Courtenay
■ Through email via administration@comoxvalleyrd.ca
■ Through CVRD’s Facebook or Twitter sites, via
www.facebook.com/comoxvalleyrd or
www.twitter.com/comoxvalleyrd
The questions and answers will all be made public on the
CVRD website after March 6.
To see the proposed 2014-2018 budget,
visit www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/budgetbinder
For more information, call 334-6000 or
email administration@comoxvalleyrd.ca

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Outdoor Woman, has
helped revive hunting
and camping as a family activity, he said.
Growing up hunting
in northeastern B.C.,
I was taught not to
shoot anything I’m not
prepared to eat. I also
remember the struggles to protect caribou
and other endangered
prey species that at
one time had B.C.
biologists resorting to
shooting wolves from
helicopters.
The reopening of
grizzly bear territories
is marketed to urban
residents as a horrible
crime against nature.

In fact, it’s a sign of
increasing population.
Problems in B.C.
wildlife these days
include the fragile
mountain caribou
herds of the Kootenays, which have been
subject to intensive
management including
relocation of animals.
Vancouver media
recently highlighted a
grizzly hunt by NHL
journeyman Clayton
Stoner. Typically, U.S.
enviros promoted
the deceased bear by
name, Cheeky, and
photos showed its
carcass stripped to the
skeleton by scavengers

after Stoner left with
the hide, paws and
head.
They don’t mention
that the same fate
awaits animals that
die of starvation or
other natural causes,
which increase when
animals overpopulate.
As with many B.C.
issues, there’s a cartoon version sold to
impressionable city
dwellers, and then
there’s the truth.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and
columnist for Black
Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc.
E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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Serving up a side dish of ‘Winter 2.0’ at
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Dine Around The Comox Valley is
celebrating its fifth anniversary from Feb.
19 to March 16, 2014, with 18 restaurants
offering an extraordinary array of dishes from
both regional farms and the ocean.
A popular annual event, Dine Around in
the Comox Valley separates itself from other
Canadian city culinary events by being able
to bring to the plate a fresh-from-field winter
harvest. This, combined with local wineries
and breweries and diverse restaurants
and excellent chefs, has put the Comox
Valley region on the maps of food lovers
everywhere.
“One can expect to see dishes that
incorporate fresh seasonal produce such
as root vegetables,” says
Marcus Aartsen, owner
and chef, Martine’s
Bistro. “But Dine Around
also showcases a variety
of preparation styles of
dishes – for example, we’re
serving smoked salmon
crêpe, bacon wrapped
beef tenderloin and white
chocolate crème brûlée – plus the enormous
talent, experience and passion brought to
every plate by the team of people both in the
kitchen and at the front of the restaurant.”
In recent years, the Comox Valley has
risen in culinary circles as a food destination
– thanks in part to the great number of
agricultural and aquaculture products
produced in the surrounding region.
“The local climate, soils and water
make it possible to grow a wide range of
agrifood products”, says Gary Rolston,
Comox Valley Economic Development &
Tourism agricultural development officer.
“In 2001, there were 445 farms producing
$26.6 million but successful marketing and
promotion of the Comox Valley as an agrifood
destination has resulted in 34% growth and
a significant increase in product diversity.
Investors are increasingly recognizing the
untapped potential of the agrifood industry
in the Comox Valley – case and point with
the recent purchase of Beaufort Winery by

James Cameron.”
And, with the kick off of this annual
celebratory food event, the announcement of
the re-opening of Mount Washington Alpine
Resort means the fifth anniversary just got
even sweeter. Locals and visitors alike now
have the opportunity to stretch their legs on
the mountain, either through Nordic or alpine
skiing, and return to the Comox Valley for a
three-course, prix fixe meal, each available
for $17, $27, or $37 per person.
“We’ve received over a metre of snow
in the last couple of days and the conditions
couldn’t be better,” says Brent Curtain,
spokesperson for Mount Washington Alpine
Resort. “Getting some
turns in pre-dinner
and playing in our
winter wonderland will
definitely help build
your appetite!”
In addition to
the Dine Around
The Comox Valley
restaurant offerings,
a collection of Comox
Valley hotels are offering ‘stay-the-night’
rates.
The properties are either in walking
distance or a short taxi cab ride away, so
food lovers can further pamper themselves
by taking advantage of special discounts to
make it a real ‘night out.’ Accommodation
partners include The Travelodge Courtenay
($79 Cdn per night) and the Best Western
PLUS: The Westerly Hotel & Convention
Centre ($99 Cdn per night).
Dine Around The Comox Valley is a
partnership of participating restaurant and
accommodation providers, sponsorship from
Gordon Food Service, Coastal Black Estate
Winery, the Comox Valley Record, the Eagle
97.3FM, and supported by Comox Valley
Economic Development and Tourism.
For more information, visit www.
comoxvalleydinearound.com, call 1-855-4002882 or drop into the Vancouver Island Visitor
Centre. One can also join the conversation
using #DineAroundCVon Facebook or Twitter.

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Cultures fusing at festival
The Immigrant Welcome Centre is hosting Global Fusion Fest,
a free, family-friendly
and inclusive event
that will take place
March 8 from 10 a.m.
till 4 p.m. at the Filberg
Centre in Courtenay.
“In celebration of the
diversity in the community, the event features
a variety of traditional
music, dance, global
food, art and handson crafts,” said Rachel
Blaney, the executive
director of the Immigrant Welcome Centre.
Music and dance
planned for the day
includes performances from the Kumugwe Cultural Group
(K’ómoks First Nation),
Uzume Taiko (Japan),
Mary Murphy (Irish
music), and Esencia
Flamenca (Latin music
and flamenco dance).
The day ends with
a dance showcase featuring Iranian, African,
Ukrainian and more.
Global Fusion Fest
also features hands on
table workshops and
crafts from NIC international students and
local workshop facilitators including the NIC
International Program
and Restless Raven Art
Lab.
Learn about unique
craft traditions and
participate in a community art project to
express the spirit of
the day. Local organizations and cultural

Dance
Friday

groups will have interactive exhibits to share
knowledge and traditions.
Be sure to come hungry. There will be local
restaurants and caterers serving bite-sized
tastes of Thai, Japanese, Greek, Mexican,
Lebanese, Colombian,
and Irish food. Tasting
tickets will be on sale
to purchase food samples for as little as $1.
Community Partners
for this one-day event
include North Island
College, School District
71 International Program, Community Justice Centre, Volunteer
Comox Valley and the
Comox Valley Multicultural and Immigrant
Support Society.
Bring the family to

the heart of Courtenay
for a fun-filled celebration of community.
If you want to be

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at the 2014 BC Winter Games bringing home 44 medals.
Thank you to the coaches, officials, volunteers, and
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The third Norton’s
High School Dance will
happen Feb. 28 at the
Little Red Church in
Comox from 7 to 11
p.m.
Open to all secondary school students to
develop a sense of community for our youth,
the event will feature
music by Victoria DJ
Max Davies.
Ciaran
Martin’s
mother Jacquie will
sell T-shirts supporting safety awareness.
Ciaran Martin is a
Comox Valley teen who
was struck by a vehicle and killed recently
while on a longboard in
Black Creek.
Contact school reps
in advance for a cheaper ticket.
All
backpacks
and outerware will
be checked at the
door and student ID
is required. Anyone
under the influence
will be denied entry (no
refunds).
— Norton’s High
School Dance

involved, there are still
opportunities to get
involved as workshop
leaders and volunteers.
Contact Jessica.Potter@ImmigrantWelcome.ca for details. For
information about the
event, look for Global
Fusion Fest on Facebook.
The Immigrant Welcome Centre serves the
Comox Valley, Campbell River and North
Island. They provide
services to immigrants
to help them integrate
and settle into Canada.
Over 600 clients
have been served in the
past year as immigration continues to bring
innovative and skilled
newcomers to the community.
— Immigrant
Welcome Centre

FUN WITH SNOW Mary and Erika take a break from snowshoeing with Girl Guides on
Mount Washington. The resort has received nothing but more snow since this photo was
taken earlier this month. E-mail your Picture of the Week submissions to editor@comoxvalleyrecord.com.
PHOTO BY LISA GRANT

Financial aid
for students

Community
Drug Strategy
Committee
offering $500
each to pair

For the third year
in a row, the Community Drug Strategy
Committee is offering
financial aid awards
of $500 each to two
graduating students
attending schools in
the Comox Valley.
In the past two
years, students from
Mark R. Isfeld Secondary and G.P. Vanier
Secondary have been
recipients.
As the mandate of
the committee is to
educate the public,
including youth, about
the dangers of substance use, the purpose of these awards
is to celebrate two
youth who have made
the decision to stay
drug- and alcohol-free
throughout their years
in high school.
The two students
receiving this financial
aid award must pursue
a post-secondary edu-

cation.
To apply for Smart
Choice
Awards,
each student will be
required to submit
an application form
including providing
two references, as well
as to complete a brief,
one-page essay outlining their choice to stay
drug- and alcohol-free.
The deadline for
applications this year
is April 15.
If students are interested in applying for the
Smart Choice Award,
an application form
can be obtained from
the counselling centre
at their school or they
can contact the Community Drug Strategy
Committee directly at
drugstrategy@hotmail.
com (attention: Karen
Rushton).
For details, Karen
can be contacted at the
same e-mail address or
by phone at 250-3393603.
— Community Drug
Strategy Committee

Would you like to be
at the heart of the sustainability movement
in the Comox Valley?
A co-ordinator is
being sought by the
Earth Week 2014 Planning Group to help coordinate a program of
activities to show how
each and every day can
be a day to honour the
Earth.
Based on the successful World Food
Week Comox Valley
festival last fall, a
week of events will run
between April 22 (official Earth Day) culminating in a community
festival April 26.
The outcomes based,
contract coordinator

Record Arts
“Patience is not one of my virtues,” admits Mary Murphy.
Last April, the Irish singersongwriter’s voice disappeared just
as her new CD was coming out.
Under strict orders to not sing —
or even talk — for six weeks, Murphy was forced to put the launch
on hold.
But her voice is back and
Murphy’s ready to celebrate St.
Patrick’s Day with the release of
Honey From Heather at the Little
Red Church in Comox on March
15.
One of the songs on the CD, the

I was diagnosed with
❝
a hyper swollen larynx and
developed severe bronchitis on
top of that. One of my sisters
died, too, so there was a lot of
grief in my life.

❞ Mary Murphy

Road to Lisdoonvarna, is nominated for Best World Music Song
of 2013 at the Vancouver Island
Music Awards. Murphy, along with
guitarist Paul Keim and Will Millar (founder of the Irish Rovers),
will perform the song at the VIMA
awards ceremony in Victoria on
March 22.
“Honey From Heather is my
ninth release and my favourite for
many reasons,” says Murphy. “It
includes some of my best songwriting and I’m really excited about
the arrangements and instrumentation.”
Almost a year ago, Murphy literally found herself speechless.
“I was diagnosed with a hyper
swollen larynx and developed
severe bronchitis on top of that.
One of my sisters died, too, so
there was a lot of grief in my life.”
On one of Murphy’s visits to a
throat specialist the doctor told
her, “There’s a reason you’re all

choked up. Grief goes straight to
the throat.”
“Not being able to talk is such
a challenge,” says Murphy, who is
also an award-winning writer. “I
learned a lot.
“I focused on my writing for
children and, as my voice got
stronger, organized a children’s
literary event at the library. That
helped lighten my spirit immensely.”
But Murphy’s singing again and
can’t wait to perform at the Little
Red Church.
“I kept hearing lovely things
about the venue,” she says. “It’s a
beautiful space with great acoustics and as a former church a lot of
people have been in the building
over the years.
“It feels like there is a lot of
joy there. I couldn’t ask for a better place to launch Honey From
Heather.”
The CD was recorded at Dove
Creek Studios, which is owned and
operated by Murphy and her partner Paul Keim.
Murphy is centre stage with
vocals and whistles.
Other musicians are Keim on
guitar and laúd (Spanish stringed
instrument), John Hyde on upright
bass, Corwin Fox on banjo, Adrian
Dolan on accordion, John May on
percussion and drums and Christina Zaenker on cello.
“Most of the songs are in English but there are a few Irish ones
just for fun,” says Murphy. “I’m
so lucky to have Paul as producer
and engineer.
“Watching him work is like
watching a gourmet cook using a
variety of different ingredients to
create a perfect feast.”
The Little Red Church concert
— complete with most of the musicians from the CD — will include
songs from Honey From Heather,
some old-time favourites and, of
course, Irish stories.
Tickets are available at Laughing Oyster Books, Marigold Pharmacy and Curves in Courtenay,
Blue Heron Books and Red Carpet
See CONCERT, B2

HER VOICE BACK, Mary Murphy (seen here back home in Wexford, Ireland) launches her
newest CD Honey From Heather on March 15 at the Little Red Church.

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Great Plains chooses great charity for Tuesday
Only the name has
changed — the music
is as great as ever.
The Great Plains
will be in concert at
the Mex Pub on March
4 as featured guests of
the 1st Tuesday Fundraisers.
Many may also
know them as Darrel
and Saskia Delaronde,
a dynamic duo that
has toured extensively
across Canada, sharing their Prairie roots
music with themes
of Canadian places,
lifestyle, history and
heroes.
To receive the 1st
Tuesday
donations
from the door this
month, the duo has
chosen Lilli House.
Lilli is an outreach
for women and children who are escaping
domestic violence and
abusive situations.
Darrel and Saskia
were each building
their own musical
career as solo artists
when their paths first
crossed.
Saskia is a selfproclaimed New-Age,
alto-soprano, Celtic,
folk, roots, singer, who
happens to be Dutch
and has been known
to yodel.
Darrel is a Métis
songwriter pursuing a
lifelong passion of surrounding himself with
guitars, and who has
spent many years on
the road as a lead guitarist.

Concert
in Comox
Continued from B1

in Comox, from Murphy’s website (www.
marymurphy.ca) and
at the door. Pre-purchased tickets will be
entered into a draw for
three prizes.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
with the concert beginning at 7:30.
Tea, coffee and
goodies will be served
before the show and
during intermission by
the Comox Valley Multicultural and Immigrant Support Society.
All proceeds go to
CVMISS. Donations
of non-perishable food
items will be donated
to those in need.
For a preview of
the CD and to see the
musicians at work,
watch a short video by
Fine Tippery Productions (Trent Freeman)
at www.dovecreekstudios.com.
Paula Wild is a published author and regular contributor to the
Comox Valley Record’s
arts and entertainment
section.
www.paulawild.ca.

THE GREAT PLAINS (Darrel and Saskia Delaronde) will raise funds for
Lilli House on Tuesday at the Mex Pub.
The merging of their
musical talents has
been a delight to their
fans and supporters,
weaving their distinct
musical styles, friendship, and enthusiasm.
Darrel and Saskia’s
albums include Laura’s
Kitchen, Burlap and
Binder Twine, Sailing Saskatchewan and
their latest release,
Songbirds.
They have been
nominated for Album
of the Year, Aboriginal Artist of the Year
(times three), as well
as Songwriter of the
Year in Saskatchewan.
Over the past several
years, they have toured

extensively with Canadian Country Music
Hall of Fame inductee
Gary Fjellgaard and
are polished performers who genuinely
enjoy their audiences
and the connections
they make along the
way.
“We
were
very
pleased to find a date,
as Darrel and Saskia
are on the road so
much,” says organizer
Judy Wing.
“People may not realize it, but we have Darrel and Saskia to thank
for planting the seed
to host these monthly
fundraising events.
Years ago, they had

recorded a compilation
Christmas album with
other artists from the
B.C. Interior.
“Each year, the participating artists put
on a concert wherever
they happen to be and
sell the CD to raise
money for their local
food bank. The year we
met Darrel and Saskia,
they asked Bruce
(Wing) and I to join
them in their annual
concert.
“We
were
very
inspired by that initiative. The following December we
approached Roy Tai,
owner of the Mex Pub,
about hosting our own

events.
“The support of the
Mex sponsorship, the
talent of local musicians, and the generosity of the audience
members has helped it
to evolve into a monthly series that supports
a wide variety of local
charities.”
This month, the
charity being supported is Lilli House,
a resource funded
through the Comox
Valley Transition Society (CVTS) that offers
a wide range of support
programs to Comox
Valley women as they
take steps to have
healthier lives.
These
programs
include support for
detox and recovery
from addiction, recovery from violence,
women’s counselling,
and parenting support
as well as shelter and
nutritious meals. It
offers a place of safety
for women and children
to make the transition
from harmful circumstances to more peaceful, balanced lives.
The evening on
March 4 starts at 7:30
with a short opening
set by Judy and Bruce
Wing, with The Great
Plains to follow. Admis-

sion is by donation at
the Mex Pub on Ryan
Road.
For more information about the Great
Plains, visit www.

A hysterical instructional lecture
about a self-involved man-child
becomimg a new father, plus other
helpful hints for fathers-to-be. For
anyone who is going to be a Dad, is a
Dad, has a Dad, or knows a Dad!

Forced to reassess his future after
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The best high adrenaline
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Member $25
Regular $30
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W hat’s

HAPPENING

THE SOULFUL NIGHTCRAWLERS come up from Vancouver to play the Avalanche Bar and Grill on March 2.

Have fun with ‘gritty, soulful music’

Band led by
acclaimed
drummer
Jesse Cahill

Dave Sikula on guitar and Chris Gestrin
behind keys and the
Hammond organ.
The band has been
having great success
with their recording
projects in the past
few years, garnering
an Album of the Year
Award at the 2009
National Jazz Awards,
and a Western Canada
Music Award for Best

ticity, from mixing the
recorded digital files on
two–inch tape to sweltering performances of
material by Big John
Patton, Jack McDuff
and Horace Silver. The
Jazz with attitude!
NightCrawlers play
That’s what Vanlike a decades-old orgacouver-based band the
nization, possessing
NightCrawlers delivthe swagger, muscle
ers.
and greasy swing feel
This group will
of yesteryear’s greats.”
appeal to jazz fans,
With a combination
fans of soul and
of grit and soul,
fans of rock and
plus successful
The NightCrawlers play
roll.
They’re
collaborations
fun, they’re cre- like a decades-old organization, with
music
ative and they
legends such
possessing
the
swagger,
muscle
will be live at
as Red Holthe Avalanche and greasy swing feel of yester- loway, David
on March 2, year’s greats.
NewKen Micallef (Fathead)
presented by
man and Jim
the
Georgia
Byrnes,
the
Jazz Recording of the NightCrawlers have
Straight Jazz Society.
Inspired by the Year in 2011.
been making fans all
The album Down at across the country.
music of Brother Jack
McDuff, “The Mighty the Bottom reached Don’t miss this presenBurner” Charles Ear- No. 11 on the U.S. Jazz- tation of the Georgia
land, Big John Patton, Week charts.
Straight Jazz Society
Downbeat
Maga- this Sunday. Showtime
and Booker T and the
MGs, the Night Crawl- zine’s Ken Micallef is 7:30 at the Avaers play gritty, soulful wrote glowingly about lanche Bar and Grill in
music that’s all about Presenting, the band’s downtown Courtenay.
live
album,
“The
having a good time.
Tickets are available
This
Vancouver operative word on on Thursday Night
Quintet is led by criti- Presenting is authen- Jazz at the Avalanche
cally acclaimed drummer Jesse Cahill and
the
features the who’s-who
of the Vancouver jazz
Presents
scene with Cory Weeds
on alto sax, Steve KaldFeatures Showing: Feb 28–March 6th
estad on tenor sax,

❝

❞

Rialto

and at Bop City in
Courtenay and Red
Carpet in Comox.
For more information, check out www.

AVALANCHE BAR & GRILL
presents House Ten85 DJs
live music starting Saturdays
at 9 p.m. FMI: 250-331-0334
or www.georgiastraightjazz.com.
BILLY D’S PUB offers music
by Jilli Martini on Friday
nights from 8 to 11.
COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY offers three exhibits
— the Big Foldy Painting of
Death, Rhythm in Blue and
Artistic Dreams. Rhythm in
Blue by Art Group of the
Comox Valley until March
8. FMI: www.comoxvalleyartgallery.com or 250-3386211.
COURTENAY LITTLE THEATRE presents On Golden
Pond from April 10 to 17.
FMI: www.courtenaylittletheatre.com.
DENMAN READERS’ AND
WRITERS’ FESTIVAL July 17
to 20. FMI: www.denmanislandwritersfestival.com.
FLYING
CANOE
WEST
COAST PUB has jam nights
Thursdays, a DJ and dance
Friday nights and karaoke
Sundays at 9 p.m.
GRIFFIN PUB north of CFB
Comox hosts Jazztet on
Sundays from 5 to 9 p.m.
JOE’S GARAGE features
Comox Valley Uke Jam on
second Tuesdays of each
month. Ukulele instruction
at 7 p.m., jam at 8 p.m.
KING GEORGE HOTEL has
open jam with Pete and
Jamie from the Jagsters
every Saturday from 3 to
6 p.m.
MARTINE’S BISTRO in
Comox displays art by Marianne Enhörning until midMarch.
MEX PUB has a Rock ‘n
Country Jam ‘n Dance
hosted by Outlaw Fever on
Tuesdays (except the first
Tuesday of the month),
starting at 9 p.m.
MUDSHARKS COFFEE BAR
has show and sale of photos by Lisa Graham until
Feb. 28.
NORTH ISLAND FESTIVAL
OF PERFORMING ARTS
musical theatre and dance
at Sid Williams Theatre until
March 3. Tickets at Sid Williams box office or www.
sidwilliamstheatre.com.
PEARL ELLIS GALLERY
presents show and sale
by Ablaze Metal Art and
Brenda Chalifoux-Luscombe
until March 9. Rescheduled
opening March 1, 1 to 4
p.m. Demos by ChalifouxLuscombe on March 1 and
8, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free
admission at 1729 Comox
Ave. FMI: www.pearlellisgallery.com or Facebook.
PLEASURE CRAFT THEATRE
presents an improvised
soap opera every Monday
in February and March at
Cumberland United Church
at 7 p.m.
POTTERS PLACE features
work by Alan Burgess in
February at 180B Fifth St.
in Courtenay. FMI: 250-3344613 or www.thepottersplace.ca.
WAVERLEY HOTEL jam
night with Brodie Dawson
and friends Thursdays. Bluegrass Brunch on Sundays, 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. FMI: www.
waverleyhotel.ca.
WHYTE’S FRAMING AND
GALLERY showing art by
Sue Pyper until March 1.
FMI: 250-339-3366 or www.
whytesframing.com.

Tuesday, March 4
GREAT PLAINS in 1st Tuesday Fundraiser at Mex Pub.
Judy and Bruce Wing open
at 7:30 p.m. Admission by
donation.
WORLD
COMMUNITY
presents film Status Quo?
The Unfinished Business of
Feminism in Canada, Stan
Hagen Theatre, 7 p.m. FMI:
250-337-5412 and http://
worldcommunity.ca.

Thursday, March 6
JESSE COOK at Sid Williams
Theatre. Tickets at theatre
Tuesdays to Saturdays from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by phoning 250-338-2430 or online
at sidwilliamstheatre.com.

Friday, March 14
LUCAS MYERS in one-man
show called Deck at Sid
Williams Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
FMI: 250-338-2430 or sidwilliamstheatre.com.
WAKE OWL with LYON at
Avalanche Bar. Doors open
at 7 p.m. Tickets at Bop
City Records, Avalanche or
online at ticketzone.com.

North Island Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Write Here
Readers Series welcomes
best-selling
author Sharon Butala
to its Campbell River
and Comox Valley campuses this week.
One of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true
visionaries, Butala will
read from The Girl in
Saskatoon: A Meditation of Friendship,
Memory and Murder.
Butala returns to
1961 to reconstruct
the haunting unsolved
murder of a friend,
while also telling a
nostalgic coming of age
story of a young country girl. This powerful
read also explores the
nature of good and evil,
and the true meaning
of life.
Butalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
work
speaks to the collision
of geography and spirituality, blending myth
and truth with the
Canadian landscapes
that she loves.
Always interested in
the stories of women,
she endeavours to represent new viewpoints
as she reinterprets
Western society, and
her stories donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to use the brutal,
the unpleasant, or the
shocking to peel away
the layers of rural life.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butalaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is full
of sense and wonder,â&#x20AC;?
writes Alexis Kienlen
of the Daily Herald Tribune.
Neil Besner, in Perspectives of Saskatchewan, adds â&#x20AC;&#x153;...(a) major
work ...monumental ...

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BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SHARON Butala will read this Thursday in the
Stan Hagen Theatre at the North Island College campus in Courtenay.

I do not think there is another
â??
writer in Canada with the vision to

bring this kinds of story so fully into
being.
Neil Besner

â?&#x17E;

I do not think there is
another writer in Canada with the visionÂ to
bring this kind of story
so fully into being.â&#x20AC;?
Butala is the recipient of the Marian
Engel Award, and has
twice been nominated
for the Governor-Generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Award.
She has Bachelor
of Arts and education
degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, and has received

three honourary doctorates. To date she has
authored 16 books and
produced five plays.
After
appearing
Wednesday in Campbell River, Butala will
read at the Stan Hagen
Theatre on NICâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Comox Valley campus
on Thursday, Feb. 27 at
7:30 p.m.
These events are
free to attend and open
to the community. Seating is on a first-come,

first-seated basis.
The Write Here
Readers Series began
in 2010 and continues
to showcase Canadian
authors for NIC students and members
of our communities to
experience.
For more information about the Sharon
Butala reading or the
Write Here Readers
Series, contact Susan
Auchterlonie at 250334-5271.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; North
Island College

World Community continues its
film series with
Status Quo? The
Unfinished Business of Feminism in
Canada.
This
powerful
documentary will
screen March 4 at
7 p.m. in the Stan
Hagen Theatre at
North Island College in Courtenay.
Feminism
has
shaped the society we live in. But
just how far has it
brought us, and how
relevant is it today?
This feature documentary zeroes
in on key concerns
such as violence
against
women,
access to abortion,
and universal child
care, asking how
much progress we
have truly made on
these issues.
Rich with archival material and
startling contemporary stories, Status Quo uncovers
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The Metropolitan Opera presents Prince Igor
at the Rialto Theatre on Saturday, March 1 at 9
a.m.
Alexander Borodin’s defining Russian epic,
famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the
Met for the first time in nearly 100 years.
Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of
its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Star bass-baritone
Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title
role, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.
Tickets are on sale now at the Rialto. For more
information, call 250-338-5502.
— Rialto Theatre

Put Life
Back in
Your
Life

The Real McKenzies St. Paddy’s Day Tour and CD release of Westwinds comes to the Waverley Hotel on March 8.
Joining them are Montreal’s BOIDS.

These McKenzies are the real deal

The Real McKenzies are
not just a band.
They are an unstoppable
touring machine. A roadhardened crew of travelling
minstrels, entertainers and
vagabonds on a never-ending
quest for good times.
Their St. Paddy’s Day Tour
and CD release of Westwinds
visits the Waverley Hotel on
March 8.
For the past 20 years, this
ferocious gang of miscreants
has been captivating audiences around the globe with
their addictive, uncompromising and undeniably heartfelt
music.
Featuring a diverse and
insanely talented roster of
musicians, the Real McKenzies draw on acoustic and

electric instruments to blend
a potent concoction of classic
punk, rock ‘n roll, hard folk
and traditional Celtic influence.
Anthemic guitars and soaring bagpipes play off each
other as Paul McKenzie spins
yarns of times long past and
regales with tales of endless
drunken revelries.
Blistering punk rock bootstompers stand alongside
passionate singalong ballads
while good times and joyous
camaraderie are all the order
of the day.
Fuelled by an insatiable
need to share the McKenzies’
gospel with the world, the boys
are equally at home playing
to 20,000 screaming football
fans in the heart of Germany

as they are to a few hundred
punks in the dirtiest, darkest,
most disreputable clubs of the
Canadian wilderness. After
more than two decades, eight
full-length albums, countless
compilation appearances and
singles, the Real McKenzies
have earned a reputation that
is second to none.
They’ve shared the stage
with Rancid, NOFX, Flogging
Molly, The Misfits, Pennywise,
Shane McGowan and Metallica just to name a few, all the
while garnering new friends
and fans along the way.
Joining them at the Waverley are Montreal’s BOIDS.
Loitering in strictly the
most illoiterable locations,
these handsome shyboys
channel love, heartache, cos-

mic frustration and inspiration into a sweaty mess of
punk, thrash, and old-school
hardcore.
With the release of their
first album Feb. 25, BOIDS
are set to rock some faces.
With influences such as the
Ramones, NoMeansNo, D.R.I.,
One Man Army, U.S. Bombs,
Dead Kennedys, Descendents,
OFF!, you know the drill -BOIDS come to destroy.
For more about the bands,
visit http://therealmckenzies.
com and www.unionlabelgroup.com/bands/97/boids.
Tickets are available at Bop
City, the Waverley, at 250-3368322 or at cumberlandvillageworks.com.
— Cumberland
Village Works

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Puzzling… Fun by the Numbers:
Here’s how it works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a
9x9 grid, broken down into
nine 3x3 boxes. To solve
a sudoku, the numbers 1
through 9 must fill each row,
column and box. Each number can appear only once in
each row, column and box.
You can figure out the order
in which the numbers will
appear by using the numeric
clues already provided in
the boxes.
The more numbers you
name, the easier it gets to
solve the puzzle!

ARIES
You are surrounded by lots of people
or your friends are constantly inviting
you here, there, and everywhere. You
are extremely popular this week!
TAURUS
It is important to weigh the pros and
cons before reaching a decision. You
may feel that you’re being pressured
into making a choice. Give yourself
all the time you need.
GEMINI
This is the time to recharge your bat­
teries. You have the impression that
you’ve reached your limit profes­
sionally or that someone is throwing
a wrench in your spokes. You’ll soon
put a stop to that.
CANCER
Family is important to you, and you
won’t put up with messy surroun­
dings for very long. You do a big
spring cleaning, at the office and
at home.

LEO
If you’re trying to find your way pro­
fessionally, you may find the nec­
essary inspiration to take on a new
challenge. You are drawn to make
many changes.
VIRGO
You may be thinking more and
more seriously of taking some kind
of training course or apprenticeship.
To do so will broaden your horizons
considerably, perhaps even at a spir­
itual level.
LIBRA
This is a good week to request a loan
or even to renegotiate your mort­
gage. You find a great solution to put
an end to all your financial problems
once and for all.
SCORPIO
You find yourself with a record
number of clients to attend to at
work. Your friends impose a certain
amount of stress on you by asking
you to organize a large gathering.

SAGITTARIUS
Whether at work or elsewhere, it is
preferable to delay some projects.
At least take the time to negotiate
conditions that are more favourable
to you.
CAPRICORN
If you intend to move house in the
near future, don’t forget that this
has to be planned a long time in
advance. You’re sure to take some
necessary steps now in moving
towards this goal.
AQUARIUS
Health is the most important thing
in life. You’re sure to discover a new
diet that transforms the quality of
your life in a positive way.
PISCES
You are surrounded by critics. You
won’t have any choice but to build
a solid argument in order to confront
them. Your comments could earn
you a lot of respect.

Pleasure Craft Theatre’s live improvised soap
opera is at the midpoint of its fourth season.
This year’s theme is Pirates of the Cascadian, a
zany, swashbuckling epic adventure that unfolds
Monday evenings at Cumberland United Church.
Pirates, gypsies, mermaids, wenches, privateers, unicorns and cannibals comprise the cast
of this ever-growing and changing show, with
improvised music and special effects.
“It’s by turns hilarious, tragic and romantic,” director Kevin Flesher said. “Nobody knows
what’s going to happen from week to week as they
search for Ginger’s booty.”
Music is provided by a three-piece band featuring Vig Schulman on bass, Tom Walton on guitar
and violinist Blaine Dunaway.
New cast members are encouraged to drop by
and join the fun.
The church is at First and Penrith. Doors open
at 6:45 p.m. Mondays. Remaining sessions are
March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31.
Admission is by donation. All ages are welcome.
Partial proceeds benefit the Cumberland Community Forest Society.
— Pleasure Craft Theatre

Diversity in Action, appearing at the Pearl
Ellis Gallery, features Brenda Chalifoux-Luscombe and Ablaze MetalArt and Design.
There will be an opening celebration held
March 1 from 1 to 4 p.m.
A special event of Scratch Board technique
will be demonstrated by Brenda between 11 a.m.
and 2 p.m. that will provide visitors with deeper
insight to this medium.
There will be an opportunity for participation
by the public (space permitting). Materials will be
provided for participants.
Brenda will offer these demonstrations/mini
workshop in the Comox gallery this Saturday and
again on Saturday, March 8 between 11 a.m. and
— Pearl Ellis Gallery
2 p.m.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Thursday, February 27, 2014

B7

KEVIN FLESHER
AND his wife Yaya
get into the spirit
of Pleasure Craft
Theatre’s soap opera
improvised live Monday evenings until
March 31 at Cumberland United Church.
New cast members
are encouraged to
drop by and join the
fun, which includes
live music.

B8

LIFESTYLES

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The List: Great plants for the Pacific Northwest
Many plant
species are
nominated for
trial each year

My rosemary plants
are kept in pots and
given winter protection
... either moved into the
greenhouse or at the
very least under the
eave on my front porch
out of the weather.
Rosemary
plants
aside, I rely heavily on
the lists of Great Plant
Picks that are put out
every year. Each plant
on the list has some
quick facts noted about
it, notes on how to grow
it and its outstanding
qualities exposed for
your reading enjoyment.

T

he List is out!
This year’s outstanding plants
for growing in the maritime Pacific Northwest.
Every year since
2001, the Elizabeth
C. Miller Botanical
Garden in Seattle has
sponsored a trial of
plant varieties with the
purpose of determining
which ones grow well
in our particular climate.
This covers an
area west of the Cascade Mountains from
Eugene, Ore., to Vancouver ... and I would
argue even farther
north.
Numerous plants
species and cultivars
are nominated for trial
each year. Not all are
selected for scrutiny
but the number that
are is impressive.
This year alone,
the committee of very
knowledgeable plant
specialists have selected a total of 142 plants
for The List.
Each plant in the
trial is evaluated for
its overall performance
in Zone 7 and 8 for
growth, flower and
fruit production, pest
and disease resistance,
drought tolerance, soil
type ... all with an eye
to our Pacific Northwest climate.
The plants selected
this year had to also
comply with this year’s
theme: Plants That
Make SCENTS.
So they were evaluated for floral and foliage scent ... and broken
down into whether the
scent was spicy, woodsy
or “fresh.”
I like that a theme
is chosen each year.
It provides a focus on
plants that perform
under certain conditions or have a particularly outstanding
feature.
For instance, the
theme for 2013 was
Plants for Small Spaces; 2012 was Plants
Made for the Shade;
2010 was Fantastic
Foliage.
Running down the
2014 list, I spotted
about two dozen species
that we have in our own
garden. Fothergilla
gardenii (dwarf witch
alder), Osmanthus x
burkwoodii
(hybrid
sweet
olive),
O.
delavayi (sweet olive),
Philadelphus coronaria
‘Aureus’
(golden
mock orange), Ribes
sanguineum
‘King
Edward VII’ (flowering

And even though we
live outside of the specified testing region, you
can be fairly certain
that most of the plants
on their lists will do
just fine in your garden.
Visit
www.greatplantpicks.org for the
complete list.
Leslie Cox co-owns
Growing Concern Cottage Garden in Black
Creek. Her website is
at www.duchessofdirt.
ca and her column
appears every second Thursday in the
Record.

and Daphne tangutica
were also noted and we
have them both. But
I question why these
two were in the trial
and not Daphne odorata, the most fragrant
daphne of them all. Its
intoxicating scent fills
a substantial area of
our garden from early
spring almost straight
into April and well into
May. Heavenly.
And Daphne cneorum (rock daphne) is
no slouch either.
A neighbour of mine
from my Gold River
years had three specimens of this daphne
species draped down
their 12-foot-high concrete retaining wall.

DUCHESS OF DIRT

LESLIE
COX
Spectacular! And the
scent! Truly a delight
to walk by.
For obvious reasons
there are a number
of evergreens on the
list for their fragrant
foliage. The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and mountain
hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), four species
of cedar, a juniper and
a pine are all on the
list.
Some cranesbills,

or hardy geraniums,
are also noted for
their fragrant foliage.
A couple of Russian
sages (Perovskia spp.)
and four cultivars of
Rosmarinus officinalis
(rosemary) are flagged
for their scented foliage and garden performance.
However, I would
dispute the last one for
hardiness in a Zone 7
garden as rosemary is
not reliably perennial
in our garden.

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Allowance issue pertains to your family values
M

y son keeps
asking for an
allowance. He
says that all the other
kids get allowances.
My wife and I did not
receive allowances as
children and we think
that he is too young to
handle money. We pay
for things he needs, but
we worry that giving
him allowance would
teach him to expect
money for nothing; we
want him to have a
strong work ethic.
We are older parents
and wonder if our views
are outdated. What do
you think about children and allowance?
Several issues are
raised with this question: giving allowance,
raising hard-working
children, and individual family values.
Let me begin by
addressing family values.
Families are different! They have different ways of working,
relating, teaching, and

different values.
It is important to
teach children according to the values that
exist for your family.
The values that you
have developed as parents will have been
influenced to a large
degree by cultural, generational, and social
norms.
It is true that parenting changes across
cultures and through
time. Talking to other
parents and asking
questions like the one
you have posed here
is important in making
decisions about how to
raise your children.
Before you take
advice or make decisions, you must measure
information
against your own values and decide what
fits for your family.
Children universally
assert “all the other
kids. . .” or “all the
other parents. . .” as
they set about bolstering arguments to gain

parental compliance in
all manner of wishes.
Just as universally,
these statements are
untrue.
As I said before, all
families are different
and it is unlikely that
all other families are
making identical decisions.
You might want to
think about the purpose of giving allowance.
For some families,
allowances are linked
to household chores;
children receive the
allowance in return for
completing daily and
weekly chores. If the
chores are not done,
allowance is withheld
or docked.

The rationale for
this is sometimes that
it teaches children to
work for their money.
This does address your
wish for your son to
learn that he doesn’t
get money for nothing.
It isn’t exactly a
real world approach,
though. Adults don’t
usually get paid for
working around the
house especially for the
tasks associated with
daily living.
Kids have chores
because they need to
learn basic life skills
essential to living on
their own. Being part
of a family, they also
need to learn how to
contribute and work
together.
Chores are a great
way to teach these two
important life lessons.
Another reason to
give allowance is to
teach children how to
handle money.
If they are to live in
this society, our children will need to know

trian.
The only condition
is that the pedestrian
must not move in front
of a vehicle when a
driver would be unable
to yield to them.
For more information about this topic,
visit www.drivesmart-

bc.ca. Questions or
comments are welcome by e-mail to comments@drivesmartbc.
ca. Tim Schewe is a
retired RCMP constable with many years of
traffic law enforcement
experience. His column
appears Thursdays.

Consult a
Counsellor

Leslie
Wells

Crosswalk or a speed bump?
A

reader observes
“I was crossing West Mall
at UBC over a speed
hump towards the bus
stop.
“A car was driving on West Mall and
did not stop. When I
showed the driver the
white arrows on the
pavement, he said that
these were speed hump
marks, not a crosswalk.
“I recognize that I
might have been wrong
assuming it was a
pedestrian crosswalk,
but then I started
thinking, who should
have the right of way?”
Properly
marked
crosswalks in British Columbia consist
of either two parallel
lines extending across
the road from curb to
curb at a signalized
intersection or elsewhere by a zebra crossing.
A zebra crossing is
a series of rectangles
with the long sides parallel to the road edges
marking the path for
pedestrians to cross.
Examples of both are
found in the Pedestrian Crossing Manual
for British Columbia.
Speed humps, different from the speed
bumps usually found
in parking lots, are
not yet common in
this province. They are
traffic-calming devices
intended to slow vehicle speeds and help
make neighbourhoods
more livable for all
road users.
Arrowheads
are
painted
on
the

Behind the Wheel

Tim

Schewe
approach side of the
hump, indicating the
direction of travel and
making them more visible to drivers.
Right of way generally belongs to the
driver outside of crosswalks.
Pedestrians
must yield or may be
forbidden to cross outside of a crosswalk by a
municipal bylaw.
If a crosswalk is
present, marked or
unmarked, right of way
belongs to the pedes-

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how to handle money.
Money management
is a fairly complex set
of skills and children
need to learn these
long before they will be
required to use them
when they are living on
their own.
Allowance is one
way that parents can
help children to learn
about buying, receiving
change, opening a bank
account, making a budget and living within
it, short-term and longterm saving, balancing a bank statement,
donating to charities.
Kids can begin learn-

ing these things early,
When kids have
before they are old their own money, they
enough to hold down a can then be responsible
job, if they have allow- for some of their own
ance.
expenses.
To ask a question of
Actually, they can
start learning rudi- the counsellors, for a
mentary money skills response in future colas soon as they are old umns, e-mail info@
enough that they won’t pacifictherapy.ca. Consult a Counsellor is
eat their money.
There is no set provided by registered
counsellors
amount for allowance; clinical
that must be deter- Nancy Bock, Diane
mined within budgets Davies Leslie Wells,
that vary amongst Andrew Lochhead and
families.
Sara-Lynn Kang at
Even with small pacific therapy & conWisdom
teeth
aresulting
like volcanoes;
you
inc. It appears
amounts
of money,
children can learn valu- every second Thursday
able money skills.
in the Record.

Smile Reminder:
Wisdom teeth are like
volcanoes… you never know
when or how they’ll erupt!
Now that’s something to smile about!

MAJA NYMANN WON gold and silver in the slalom event at the B.C. championships in Prince George.

Skiers compete well at B.C.s
Mt. Washington Ski
Club took five racers to
Prince George to compete at the Teck U16 B.C.
championships: Calvin
Cotton and Kole Harle
(Mount
Washington),
Liam Gilchrist (Nanaimo),
Maja Nymann (Campbell River) and Keegan
McCooey (Cumberland).
“The drive to Prince
George didn’t seem that
long,” commented one of
the racers. “We brought
this new video game and
played the whole way
there.” Now that is one
way to combat the fatigue
of such a long trip. Thanks
goes to the head coach
John Trimmer who spent
the time behind the wheel.
This event was a qualifier for many future
events, so the pressure
was high for the athletes.
There were six different
races: Super G, where the
gates are farther apart

and the speed is higher;
Giant Slalom, where the
gates are medium distance apart; and Slalom,
where the gates are closer
together and the turns are
more technical.

events were two Giant
Slalom races. Again,
racers were allowed to
inspect the course and
then given one opportunity to race it. The racers from the Island skied

This event was a qualifier for many
❝
future events, so the pressure was high for
the athletes.
❞
The first two events
were Super G. Both of
these races were a onerun result. Skiers were
given an opportunity to
inspect the course, and
then they had one run
to show how fast they
could get through it. The
Mount Washington racers placed: Maja 25th and
17th, Keegan 32nd and
32nd, Kole 8th and 14th,
Liam 14th and 11th, Calvin 49th and 47th.
The third and fourth

it very aggressively and
the results were: Maja
23rd and 17th, Keegan
18th and 18th, Kole won
bronze and 9th, Liam 6th
and did not finish (DNF),
Calvin DNF and 31st.
The fifth and sixth
events were Slalom. Each
one of these results were a
combination of two races.
After an inspection, racers
sped through the course
for their first result.
The course was then
reset, follow by an inspec-

tion, and then another
race. The final result was
a combination of both race
times: Maja won gold and
silver, Keegan 18th and
19th, Kole won bronze
and 6th, Liam DNF and
24th, and Calvin 30th and
31st.
Four of the five racers
are also members of Podium of Life Snow Sports
Academy. These students
will be back up on Mount
Washington, continuing to
hone their racing skills as
part of their daily school
curriculum.
“It is great that they
can get courses done on
the road through eBlend,
a distance learning program out of SD72. It takes
a lot of maturity for these
students to navigate their
school in a couple weeks,”
said Podium of Life cofounder Shane Harle.
– Podium of Life Snow
Sports Academy

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The Comox Valley Glacier Kings are through to
the second round of the
Vancouver Island Junior
Hockey League playoffs.
Duncan Pernal’s goal at
2:44 of the first overtime
period Monday night in
Saanich gave the Yetis a
3-2 win over the Braves
and a sweep of their bestof-seven series. The Icemen
will have home-ice advantage in the next round of
post-season play when they
meet the Peninsula Panthers.
The locals have booked
ice time on Tuesday, March
4 (7 p.m.) for Game 1, Saturday March 8 (7:30 p.m.)
for Game 3 and if necessary Wednesday, March 12
(7 p.m.) for Game 5 and
Saturday, March 15 (7:30
p.m.) for Game 7.
Unconfirmed dates in
Peninsula are Game 2
Friday, March 7, Game 4
Monday March 10 and if
necessary Game 6 Friday,
March 14.
The winner of Comox Valley (North Division #1) vs.
Peninsula (South Division
#2) will meet the winner
of Victoria Cougars (South
Division #1) vs. Campbell
River Storm (North Division #2) or Nanaimo Buccaneers (North Division #3)
in the VIJHL playoff championships.
The Yetis played catchup most of the way Monday
night at George Pearkes
Arena. The Braves led 1-0
after one period, with the
visitors pulling even at 3:17
of the second on Jonas Horvath’s power-play goal.
Former Glacier King

Sasha Hahn put the Braves
back on top at 16:38 of the
second, and things looked
bleak for the G-Kings as
the clock ticked down in the
third as they could not beat
Saanich goalie Eric Palliser.
But with just 1:30 to play
and Comox Valley goalie
Blake Pearson pulled for
the extra attacker, Derian
Hamilton hammered home
a loose puck from a goalcrease scramble to send
the game into OT, where
another scramble in front of
Palliser allowed Pernal to
jam home the game winner
and series clincher.
The Glacier Kings outshot the Braves 35-31 and
went 1-for-3 on the power
play.
They will welcome some
time off before locking
horns with the Panthers.
They lost three players due to injury Monday
(Eric Margo, Wil Finlay
and Quinlan Moore) and
are hoping to have goalie
Michael Hails (who hurt
his knee in the first game of
the Saanich series) healthy
for the second round.
ICE CHIPS The Yetis
have two players in the
top 10 of playoff scoring;
Liam Shaw (3g, 5a) is
tied for third while Dallas
Maxwell (4g, 1a) is sixth
… the fourth game of the
Campbell River-Nanaimo
series set for Feb. 23 was
cancelled due to highway
weather conditions and was
played Wednesday night,
with result unavailable at
press time … the Panthers
knocked off the Westshore
Wolves 4-1 in their opening round series … playoff
updates are at www.vijhl.
com ...

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Mission accomplished for locals at Winter Games
Earle Couper
Record Staff

Mount
Washington Freestyle Club
sent five athletes to
the 2014 BC Winter
Games in Mission:
Mei Pond and Hannah
Benischeck from Whistler, Todd Heard from
Duncan, James Dunn
from Nanaimo, and
Erin Sketchley from
Campbell River.
Skiers competed in
two different events:
moguls and slopestyle.
Now that Canada has
a number of Olympic
medal in these events,
Canadians are familiar
with them.
Moguls are scored
with 50 per cent for
the turns, 25 per cent
for the jumps, and 25
per cent for speed.
After the first day of
moguls, Island skiers
finished with excellent
results: Mei won a gold
with a score of 16.32,
Todd a silver with a
score of 17.70, Hanna
a bronze with a score
of 14.99, Erin a fourth
with a score of 13.56,
and James an eighth
with a score of 7.39.
The second day of
competition was slopestyle. After sliding
on rails and hitting
a number of jumps,
Island freestylers finished strong: Erin won
gold with a score of
26.6, Hannah also won
gold with a score of 23,
Mei scored 17.6 to win
a bronze, Todd earned
a silver with a score of
62, and James did not
have a clean run and
finished tenth with a
score of 16.6.
The next competition is in Silver Star
in March. So some of
the kids will be training with a special guest
coach, Mike Richards,
at the Podium of Life
Snow Sports Academy
on Mount Washington
over the next couple of
weeks.
– Podium of Life
Snow Sports
Academy

ner with 103 medals
(30 gold, 33 silver, 40
bronze).
The Zone 6 girls
karate team won silver in kata. Locals on
the team included head
coach Todd Robertson
(Courtenay), assistant

Ice senior girls off to first-ever B.C.s
A second-place finish
at the Island championships earned the Isfeld
Ice their school’s firstever trip to the B.C.
senior girls basketball
championships.
The Ice hosted the
Islands Feb. 20-22
and beat Brentwood
71-23 in their first
game. They then faced
Pacific Christian. The
first two quarters were
close and Isfeld led by
two at the half. In the
third quarter, Isfeld
exploded their offence
when Pacific Christian
switched from playing
zone to man-to-man

MICHAELA ASHLEE DRIBBLES the ball in
game against Brentwood.

defence. Sharp passing
by Avery Snider and
Michaela Ashlee, onfire shooting by Danielle Vanbergen, along
with great rebounding
and defence by Leah
Cicon and Malia Irvine,
plus solid play from the
rest of the team resulted in a 75-52 victory,
guaranteeing the team
a berth to the Provincials in Langley.
In the final the girls
played a hard-fought
battle against Wellington. It was a tight
game from start to finish with Isfeld leading
until midway through

the third quarter when
the team got into some
foul trouble and also
were having trouble
getting the ball into
the net.
Wellington capitalized on these opportunities and took a slight
lead. Isfeld continued
to play hard and were
only down by one with
four minutes left.
Unfortunately two key
players fouled out and
Wellington ended up
winning by six.
As disappointing as
the loss was, the coaches are extremely proud
of the girls for the solid

Isfeld junior girls to Provincials
They did it the hard way,
but do it they did.
The Mark Isfeld Ice
junior girls basketball team
advanced to the Provincial
championships at the Langley Events Centre, winning
three games at the Vancouver
Island championships this
past weekend.
The girls defeated Claremont (Victoria) in the opening
game by a close score, then
defeated a very tough G.P.
Vanier team on Friday morning and closed out the tournament upsetting Victoria #1
seed St. Michaels University

School. The three tough wins
gave the Ice the second Island
berth to the B.C.s.
“This is a tremendous
accomplishment,” said coach
Hugh MacKinnon, “because
in juniors there is no division
splitting of schools according
to student population like
there is in senior high school
competition, which splits
schools into four tiers (A, AA,
AAA, AAAA).
“In juniors all schools battle for only two Vancouver
Island berths for the one Provincials championship, so to
earn a berth is very special

indeed! The character, poise
and determination of the girls
was special to witness,” added
MacKinnon.
In the final game, SMU led
by as many as 12 points but
the Isfeld girls never gave
up, inspired by the Canadian
women’s hockey team to keep
battling.
In the fourth quarter, the
Ice pressed the SMU girls,
creating havoc and turnovers which led to Isfeld
taking their first lead of the
game with less than a minute left.
The composed Ice held on

team work and skilled
play shown throughout
the weekend and for
being the first senior
girls basketball team
from Isfeld to qualify for

the Provincials. Also,
the coaches thank the
fans for their awesome
cheering throughout
the tourney.
– Isfeld Ice

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Unique Raiders squad off to B.C. championships
The Highland Raiders punched their ticket to the provincials
on the weekend by
finishing third at the
Island AA boys basketball championships at
Lambrick Park in Victoria.
The top two Island
teams, Lambrick and
Saint Michaels, are
also the No. 1 and No.
2 seeds in B.C., making
the Island AA division
possibly the toughest
division of AA, AAA
and AAAA hoops on
the Island.
Highland has played
and beaten some of
the top-ranked AAA
and AAAA teams this
season in tournament
play. They opened the
Islands with a 57-35
win over Shawnigan
Lake. Nick Tancon led
the scoring with 26
points and Trenton
Cameron added 16.
Highland
gave
Island champions SMU
a battle in their second game. The Raiders
were up by as many as
seven and were within
six at the end of the
third quarter before
running out of steam
and falling 84-65. Sam
Lewis scored 23 points
(including seven threepointers) and Tancon
added 14).
The Raiders then
beat John Barsby
74-71 behind Tancon
(38) and Lewis (14). In
the match for third and
a berth to the B.C.s,
Highland
defeated
Brentwood in a backand-forth battle 62-58
(Tancon 34, Jared Collin 14) and earned
themselves a trip to
Langley for provincials for the first time
in over a decade for
Highland.
This group of boys
is unique to B.C. high
school sports. Where
many teams in the
province don’t allow
their athletes to compete in multiple sports
and many coaches
feel that by the senior
level players should be
choosing one sport to
focus on, these Highland athletes seem to
want to do it all. They
somehow manage to
pull it all off and do
it well.
This year the senior
volleyball team was
top six in the province
and five of the boys
on the volleyball team
also make up the core
of the basketball team.
Sam Lewis, Chris
Dodd, Trenton Cameron, Spencer McDougall and Jared Collin
were all starters on the
Island No. 1 volleyball
team and transferred
over to comprise the
basketball team.
Aaron Simmonds,

Trenton Cameron and
John Nwokoro also
played on the school
soccer team that won
North Islands this
year. The team also
boasts four hockey
players in Chris Dodd,
Liam Shaw, Spencer
McDougall and Conor
Luty.
It makes attendance
at games and practices a juggle, but the
Raiders make it work.
Many of the boys are
also honour roll students and Cameron is
in the IB program.
This team has been
together since Grade
8 and since that time,
the numbers have
dwindled with three
key players moving.
(Alec Molander and
Bryce Marinus who
had moved last year
were both at Islands
supporting the team.)
The third of these
players was 6’7” star
Nick Tancon who left
in Grade 11 to play in
Denmark.
Since coming back to
his former teammates
and friends at Highland, Tancon has led
the team to the highly
ranked position they
are in now. He is a
force to be reckoned
with and the compe-

THE HIGHLAND RAIDERS senior boys basketball team is off to the provincial championships.
From left to right: Back row — Bruce Lewis, Adam Erickson, Trenton Cameron, Sam Lewis,
Nick Tancon, Aaron Simmonds, Conor Luty, Alec Molander, Spencer McDougall, Noah Lewis,
Murray Erickson. Front row — Chris Dodd, Bryce Marinus, Jared Collin.
tition does not have
an answer for him.
He’s not just tall, he’s
talented.
Nick has
received offers from
numerous CIS schools
for next year.
The backcourt of the
Raiders’ team has been
tough for opponents to
match. The starting
backcourt, consisting

PROGRAMS

FOR THE
WHOLE
FAMILY

of Lewis, Cameron and
Collin, complement
Tancon’s unstoppable
inside game.
As soon as the
defence collapses on
Tancon, the three
shooters step in. The
three each contribute
consistently.
Each
has had games where
individually they have

scored six, seven or
eight three-pointers.
When one cools off,
the others heat up. All
three are able to shoot,
but are not afraid to
mix it up inside as
well. The ball handling
of Lewis, the consistency and defence of
Cameron, and Collin’s
uncanny knack for

drawing fouls is crucial
to this team’s success.
McDougall,
Luty
and Simmonds all step
into the tough centre
position and shake
things up themselves
— Simmonds and Luty
with inside presence
and McDougall with
his finesse under the
basket. Liam Shaw

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always shakes things
up when he’s on the
floor, using his physical
play to his advantage.
Adding to this is the
unbelievably quick,
tenacious defence of
Chris Dodd. The volleyball Island MVP and
hockey player doesn’t
claim to be a shooter
(he says he gets more
goals in a hockey game
than points in a basketball game) but his
defence has proven to
be one of Highland’s
other secret weapons.
His role is to muzzle
the opponents’ stars
and he does that in
spades.
Coming to the team
this year were new
players to Highland,
Quentin
Bouchard
and John Nwokoro
who have given quality minutes. Bouchard
used his court time
well, adding four threepointers this season.
The team was lucky
to get coach Murray Erickson back to
Highland this year. He
coached most of the
boys in their junior
year and they were
happy that he could
give them another year
and a trip to Islands
and now provincials.
– Highland Raiders

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Many ways to learn to play in the outdoors
A

s I write this
Huckleberry Finn, The
OUTDOORS
column on Feb.
Yearling and Old Yell24 it has been
er are case histories
declared a “Snow Day”
of children allowed to
in School District
grow up in the world
71 due to excessive
of nature with its hard
ALPH
amounts of snow on
morality and real-life
HAW
the roads and problems
situations.
with buses etc. on local
Listed below are
roads.
a few of the outdoor
For many children, sure time.
adventures we surPlay that has in the vived and learned from.
such a situation means
an extra day to go ski- background the rules Some of the simple
ing and snowboarding of proper behaviour rules of our freedom
on Mount Washington leads to responsible were to always tell our
– which is fine if you behaviour for the par- parents where we were
can afford it. For chil- ticipants without the going, and be home for
dren who cannot go on firm directions of ref- supper.
an organized hill it is erees or coaches who
Our early childhood
also a great
adventures
opportunity
took place on
We and our dogs learned
for a play day.
and near Cold
The differ- early in the game that the rear
Lake
(1935
ence is that it
to 1939) and
end of a skunk can create a
is a creative
Lake Wabaopportunity smelly mess and the rear end of a mun
(1939
where
all porcupine can produce a painful
to 1941). As I
kinds of sleds,
recall our Cold
t o b o g g a n s , mess. Our encounters with bears
Lake advenc a r d b o a r d were always at a distance thanks tures,
we
boxes
and
were always
to our dogs.
anything that
accompanied
will slide on
by a good dog,
a small hill becomes set and manage the (probably
parental
an exciting toy to play limits. In these types of insurance).
with on the slopes. play children certainBoating – We learned
Other forms of creat- ly need the guidance early about how to
ing play include mak- and moral directions of row a superb 14-foot
ing snowmen and forts. adults; but they also clinker-built boat our
The example of the learn through their grandpa Nadeau had
snow day is a tiny freedom the expecta- built for us. We also
fraction of the broad tions of following the learned to fish jackfish
field of opportunities rules.
from this boat.
My brother Warren
to learn from unsuperHunting – Huntvised play in the out- (who passed away last ing was a part of our
doors throughout the week just short of 89 family’s culture. Food
years) and I are two was a major objective
year.
This column is pri- examples from millions we applied in hunting.
marily about nature, of cases of children who From an early age we
fishing and hunting were allowed to play in learned to shoot grouse
and associated sports. nature and carry the through the head with
Learning
through childhood skills into a single-shot Cooey
undirected play in adulthood and life- .22 rifle. Our dog was
these creative ventures long enjoyment that trained to bark at a
can become a lifelong is without end. Books treed grouse so we
hobby in a person’s lei- such as Tom Sawyer, could get a clear shot

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LEARNING LIFELONG LESSONS, these two little anglers concentrate
on landing a trout.
PHOTO BY RALPH SHAW
at its head – the only
acceptable place to aim
for in our family.
Simple nature lessons – We and our dogs
learned early in the

game that the rear end
of a skunk can create
a smelly mess and the
rear end of a porcupine
can produce a painful
mess. Our encounters

with bears were always
at a distance thanks to
our dogs.
Trapping – From
early childhood trapping was a family busi-

ness with our father
and uncle. We learned
the important skills of
this pioneer industry.
Berry Picking – We
learned how to pick
wild
strawberries,
raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, saskatoons, pin cherries,
and choke cherries. We
also learned that if we
wanted pies and jam
what came home had to
be clean. A five-pound
lard pail of wild berries
was sure to win some
privileged rewards.
We acquired lifelong scars from knife
cuts and animal bites.
Somehow our mother
always dealt with the
crisis in an efficient
manner that was part
of being a pioneer family.
In the process we
learned the value and
hazards of sharp tools.
Fly fishing came
early in our trout fishing adventures. Our
first eastern brook
trout were caught
with snelled flies with
simple lines and willow poles, in a small
stream called Merry
Weather Creek. Thus
began lifelong careers
of fly fishing.
The moral of this
column is – Let your
children experience the
joys of play.
Ralph Shaw is a
master fly fisherman
who was awarded the
Order of Canada in
1984 for his conservation efforts. In 20 years
of writing a column
in the Comox Valley
Record it has won several awards.

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Jeffrey Kenneth Beebe
November 19, 1957 - February 13, 2014
With sadness we announce the
passing of Jeff Beebe in Courtenay,
BC.
Jeff has lived in the Comox Valley for
over 30 years and worked as an auto
mechanic, a tree trimmer for power
lines and most recently as a lineman
for BC Hydro for many years.
He will be greatly missed by his
family and friends. Survived by
parents Ken and Eileen (Lena)
Beebe of Comox, brothers Kevin
(Sandra) Beebe of Virginia and Greg (Kathlene) Beebe of
Courtenay, sister Karen (Dan) Bennett of Vancouver, daughter
Linda (Mark) Radford of Vancouver, grandson Sawyer
Radford, many nieces and nephews, Joanne and Prindy.
Memorial service at Crown Isle March 8 at 10:00 am. In lieu
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August 16, 1933- February 24, 2014
It is with great sorrow that
we announce the passing of
Kevin Anthony Cosby after
a quick but ferocious battle
with cancer. He passed
away peacefully at home
with his loving family by his
side.
Kevin was born August 16,
1933 in London, England to
parents Mary and William
Lysaght. When he was 7
years of age his parents were
killed in an air raid during
WW2 and he became one of many child war evacutees. He
was then taken to Kettering, England to live in an orphanage
then he was happily adopted by Gertrude and Percy Cosby.
In his teenage years he went to work for the British Postal
Service after leaving school in grade 8. At the young age of
18 he joined the Royal Air Force and spent the next two years
serving in Egypt and Cyprus. After coming back to England
he met and fell in love with his first wife Shirley Cosby (nee
Panter) and they married in 1955. He then joined up with the
Royal Canadian Air Force as an airframe technician. They
enjoyed their next few years with different postings around
Europe. They had a short posting to Saskatoon then were
happy to hear they had been posted back to Europe. In 1964,
in Marville, France they welcomed their only child, daughter
Susan. They spent three wonderful years in Marville. Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
last posting was in 1967 to Comox and when they landed
here they knew they had found their paradise. After 32
consecutive years of service in the Air Force, Kevin retired
in 1983 to concentrate on his and Shirleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business and
continue with his passion of collection militaria. Regretfully,
Shirley passed away in 1994. After a few years Kevin met and
fell in love with his second wife Patricia Cosby (nee Somers).
He then spent the rest of his retirement years with Pat in their
house on Mission Hill visiting with his grandchildren and
continuing to enjoy his collecting of militaria.
Kevin is survived by his loving daughter Susan Margetts, son
in law Wayne Margetts, grandchildren Jessica and Garrett
Margetts. As well as his loving and caring wife, Patricia
Cosby, stepdaughter Debra Shepley, step-grandchildren,
Briane Shepley, Brady Shepley, Mason Wood and Hunter
Wood, stepdaughter Karen Bezaire (Tom), step-grandchildren
Mackenzie Haynes Ham and Graden Bezaire, as well as many
family and friends from all over the world.
The family would like to thank everybody who helped in
Kevinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last months especially the home support workers and
nurses (special thank you to Barb), the ladies at the Coastal
Community Credit Union (special thank you to Kathryn), Dr.
Swanson and his staff and the staff at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the
paramedics who were all so kind and professional.
There will be a small family gathering at a later date. Kevin
was a very sociable person so to honor his memory please
take the time to listen to other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories as it would
please him so.

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Dorothy Margaret Youds
(born Harrington) 1929- 2014
Dorothy Youds passed away
peacefully February 24, at
her home in Comox. Dot
was born June 7 in Renown,
Saskatchewan, where she
and her four sisters grew up
on their parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; farm. In
1945 she moved with most
of her family to Vancouver
and, after completing high
school, trained and worked
as an infantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nurse. She
married William Alan Youds
of Burnaby in 1949 and
together they raised six
sons in North Vancouver
before retiring in 1981 to
Denman Island where she
was predeceased by her husband in 1984. Nevertheless,
she stayed on Denman and was actively involved with her
community, particularly the United Church. When her health
began to fail, Dot moved to Comox in 2006. Throughout her
life she was a wonderful and caring wife and mother who was
friend to many and enjoyed gardening, sharing her flowers, oil
painting, creating ceramic sculptures and baking - especially
bread!
Dorothy is survived by her sisters Helen, Viola (Bill), Joyce
and Ernestine (Ted); her sons Richard (Susan), Ken (Jan),
Rob (Christine), John (Janice), Mike and Chris (Barb); nine
grandchildren and one great grandchild. According to Dotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
wishes, a memorial service with lots of blossoms will be held
on a date to be determined at the Denman United Church
when spring arrives. In Dorothyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, donations may be
made to the Heart and Stroke foundation.

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Sylvia Mae Slater
Passed away peacefully at
Glacierview Lodge on Feb.
9, 2014 with her family at
her side. She was predeceased by her husband,
Joseph Henry Slater and
sisters Ruth Chesko and
Alice Eide. She is survived
and will be greatly missed
by son Timothy Glen (Sharon) Slater in Merville, BC,
daughter Audrey Elaine
(Trevor M.) Cook in Chemainus, BC, grandchildren
Kaileen Slater, Adam Slater,
Angela Zumbo and Brad
Cook, great grandchildren Emily Mae Ellen Slater, Wyatt McDowell, Mickayla Slater and Joseph Slater, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Sylvia belonged to the Gospel Sisters and Evergreen Choristers for many years. In her leisure time she enjoyed family,
knitting, gardening, walking, music and playing piano.
Sylvia was a loving mother, grandmother and loved camping,
singing and being with family. She travelled many years with
her husband while he was in the military.
Flowers gratefully declined, but if friends so wish, donations
in her memory made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or
the Canadian Diabetes Association would be greatly appreciated.
A Celebration of Sylviaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was held on Saturday, February
22nd, 2014 from Comox Valley Funeral Home, Cremation and
Reception Centre, 1101 Ryan Rd., Courtenay.

250-334-0707

www. comoxvalleyfuneralhome.com

Carole Anne Martin
(nee Cossar)
September 20, 1937 February 1, 2014
In loving memory of Carole Anne
Martin (nee Cossar).
Mom left us too early and too
suddenly. She was a beautiful lady
who lived for her family. Mom was an
animal lover and took great pleasure
in watching â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;herâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; little birdies at the backyard feeder as well as the deer
and assorted wildlife who graced her backyard regularly.
As an active Avon lady, Mom was well known to many. She loved being
involved and cherished her â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dearly. It was not unusual to get a
hug with your order! She was never one to sit with hands still either. If
she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t knitting or crocheting hats and blankets for various charities,
she was making jewelry for family and friends with her sparkly beads! A
true crafter at heart.
Mom was truly a young spirit. She loved sparkles, rainbows, twinkly
lights and decorating. Too many lights? NEVER!! Each spring she looked
forward to getting all her outdoor lights set up in her other love, her
garden. Spring was her favorite time of year...the time her flower babies
would come back to life and grant her the riot of colour she loved so
dearly. This spring will be a tough one for us.
Carole is survived by her loving husband, Brian; her daughter Roberta
Lacroix (nee Fredrickson) and her son David Fredrickson, grandson
Damian Stevenson, sister Roberta Pritchard (Robert), her niece Cara
Koehler (nee Pritchard) (Darren) and nephew Bruce Pritchard (Katy).
According to her wishes, a Celebration of Life will be held at their
home on March 8th. To confirm attendance and address, please email
roberta@youroasis.ca

Doreen G. Henderson
September 14, 1921- February 18, 2014
Doreen
passed
away
peacefully at the Comox
Valley Senior Village. The
daughter of Grace and
William (Bill) Henderson,
Doreen
was
born,
raised and educated in
Cumberland.
In 1944 Doreen graduated
from St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital
School of Nursing in
Victoria. She started her
nursing career in Victoria
specializing in the operating
room. Doreen followed her
urge to travel and went to England, where she furthered her
OR experience and took holidays in Europe. She returned
to Cumberland when her mother died suddenly in the early
1950s. She began work at the Cumberland General Hospital
and in 1954 Doreen became the Nursing Matron at the
hospital. Doreen served the community in this position until
her retirement in 1977. Even though she moved to Courtenay
after retirement Cumberland always stayed special in her
heart.
Doreen leaves behind her cousin Mildred Calnan and family,
who called her Auntie, also special local friends of many
decades; Robert Nash, Dan (Barbara) MacKenzie, Ray
(Donna) Northrup, Valda Gibson and son Kevin, and cousins
in BC, Washington and California.
There will be an afternoon tea in celebration of Doreenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life at
a date that will be published in a future edition of this paper.

Margaret Mary Millard
Margaret Mary Millard passed away after a lengthy illness
on Feb. 19, 2014 at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital in Comox, BC.
Margaret is predeceased by her parents Edward and
Margaret Westwood and is survived by her husband of
55 years, Morley Edward Millard, sons David (Jennifer)
and Keith (Shirley), grandchildren Rachel (Jesse), Ashley
(Travis), Kayla and Justin.
In Margaretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leisure time she enjoyed
dressmaking and collecting antiques.

sewing,

THE FAMILY of Lilian
Whitehead invites you to the
Comox Legion, March 22,
2-4 pm for refreshments and
to wish Lilian a happy 90th
birthday. No gifts. Donations
may be made to the
S.P.C.A.

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Comox Valley Record
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NOW HIRING FOR POSITION IN MANAGEMENT for
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benefits, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual advanced
training and advancement
opportunities. Phone 1-866472-4339 today for an interview or send a resume to
careers@fchsk.ca

NEWSPAPER

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row of seven small diamonds,
lost in/near Home Depot, if
found call 250-338-1229

For more details about this
job opportunity and how to
apply, please visit our
website at sd71.bc.ca and
click on jobs. Note that only
complete application
packages received through
the makeafuture.ca website
no later than 13:00 hrs on
the closing date will be
considered.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD

LOOKING TO hire and train 3
new Realtors. Apply to Earl
Costello or Gregg Hart - Royal
LePage in the Comox Valley.
250-334-3124

ANDERSON
February 12, 1935 February 28, 2013
Gone are the days we
used to share
But in our hearts you are
always there
The gates of memory will
never close
We miss you more than
anyone knows
With tender love and
deep regret
We who love you will
never forget
Each day you are gone
is one day closer to
seeing you again
â?&#x2030;With love from
your family

ADULTS & SENIORS
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TRADE JOURNEYMAN
BRIDGEWORKER
Emcon Services Inc., the Road and Bridge
Maintenance Contractor for the Island Division
is accepting resumes for the position of Trade
Journeyman Bridge worker based at the
Cumberland Yard location.
This position requires a competent, energetic
and highly self-motivated individual with a
valid CertiďŹ cate of QualiďŹ cations issued by the
B.C. Ministry of Labour or the Industry Training
Authority. Must hold a valid BC Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
License, Class 3 with Air Brakes. Competitive
wage and beneďŹ ts package as per Union
Contract.
Division Manager
Emcon Services Inc.
Box 1300
Cumberland, BC
V0R 1S0
Email: dinman@emconservices.ca
Fax: 250-336-8892

Hours:
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8:30AM-5:00PM
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that is committed the safety of employees, the culture
of performance and the discipline to achieve results.

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive
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If you believe that you have the skills and qualiĂ°cations, and
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TRADES, TECHNICAL

PERSONAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GARDENING

GARAGE SALES

HOUSES FOR SALE

LEEMAR EXCAVATOR Components Requires a Red Seal
certified Heavy Duty Mechanic
for in house and offsite repairs
for a variety of West Coast
Equipment. Successful applicants will have a minimum of 2
years work experience, be able
to work independently as well
as part of a team. Applicants
must hold a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with an air endorsement
ticket. Welding experience is
an asset. Leemar is located in
Parksville and services Vancouver Island. We offer a competitive benefits package dependent on experience. Please
fax resumes to 250-248-4404
Attn: Shop foreman or by
email to danielle@leemar.ca

Duties
Reporting to the CEO, the Financial Controller carries
out the following general tasks: investments, management of internal accounting, budget preparation
and management, and other duties as assigned.

Do you care about where you live? Do high standards of maintenance, service and cleanliness
matter to you? Do you prefer quiet, mature neighbours? If yes, please give us a call and discover
how the quality of ownership and management
makes all the difference. We have the best managed, finest apartments in the most convenient
locations in the Comox Valley. Locally owned, we
own and manage our own buildings only. THERE
IS A DIFFERENCE! Please refer to available apartments listed below.
TELEPHONE
250-703-2264 | 250-338-0267 | 250-339-1222

BRANDYWINE
675 Cumberland Rd.
LUXURY TWO BEDROOM CONDO. Very spacious
corner suite. Unique floor plan. Nicely appointed
with in suite washer/dryer, full sized appliances.
Very well maintained, mature adult building. Security
entry. One of Courtenayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest. Three blocks from
downtown. No pets. Call David @ 250-338-0267 or
John @ 250-703-2264.

FAIRMONT
432-11th Street
A VERY SPECIAL TWO BEDROOM in mature adult
building three blocks from downtown. Fresh, recent
renovation. All new appliances. Unique, bright corner
layout. Security entry. Large private deck. This is a
very attractive and unique suite. Call David @ 250338-0267 or John @ 250-703-2264.

respected, adult-oriented building. Close to
downtown, and ideal for seniors with bus stop
out front. Arran House is well managed and
maintained, and offers a friendly and secure atmosphere. House cat is accepted with pet deposit. Non-smoking building.

250-334-9717

ANDERTON ARMS

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200 Back Road, Courtenay

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1 and 2 Bedroom suites available. One of the best
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Cozy 1 Bdrm. in a great location! Overlooks
Puntledge River and Lewis Park. Short walk to
downtown. 2 rental references required. Sorry
no pets.

BRIGHT AND SPACIOUS 1 & 2 bedroom condos
available close to downtown. 2 bedroom unit
features 1.5 baths. This quiet, well maintained
building suits mature adults. Bus stop is conveniently located out front. Small dogs accepted with pet deposit.

TOWNHOUSES
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1560-13th Street, Courtenay
Attractive 2 and 3 bedroom townhouses have been completely renovated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; enjoy new appliances,
ďŹ&#x201A;ooring and bathroom ďŹ ttings in these spacious units. Friendly and quiet atmosphere make it ideal
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accepted with pet deposit. Call 250-334-9717

Shred dawgs, take notice! The
2014 JumpCamp sessions are
rapidly approaching with the
first camp taking place March
1-2 up on Forbidden Plateau
– the birthplace of Vancouver
Island shredding.
With the latest dump of
snow in the hills the crew at
JumpCamp couldn’t be happier.
JumpCamp is an all ages and
abilities snowboard camp for
riders who want to have fun and
progress their skills, especially
in the park and backcountry.
“JumpCamp provides coaching in the slopestyle discipline
as well as freeriding,” said coach
Patrick Kitto. “Our campers are
typically recreational snow-

boarders who want to strengthen their freeriding. Riders vary
in skill from beginners who
want to learn how to jib their
first rail or hit their first jump,
to more experienced riders who
want to learn and perfect new
tricks,” he added.
JumpCamp’s location on Forbidden Plateau is an ideal setting to improve your skills with
its rolling natural terrain along
with JumpCamp’s man-made,
private terrain park with jumps
and rails that vary in size so
you can start small and work
your way up.
JumpCamp sessions are kept
small to maximize the camper’s
fun, progression and provide

coaching on a personal oneon-one level. Whether you’re a
beginner or just want to learn
some new tricks, JumpCamp is
the place to take your skills to
the next level.
The camps run from March
1 through to April 19 (on weekends and during spring break).
Camps include professional
instruction from 9:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. and product giveaways. The cost for the weekend
is $275 (taxes included). Information and registration is available at Onethirtythree board
shop, online at www.jumpcamp.
com or by phoning Patrick at
the JumpCamp headquarters
250-898-8891.
– JumpCamp

COMOX VALLEY WORSHIP DIRECTORY
Church of Our Lord

BAHÁ’Í FAITH

Holy Communion
10:00 am each Sunday

It’s Ayyám-i-Há – a time
in the Bahá’í calendar to
celebrate with gift-giving
and hospitality.
~~~

at Berwick,
1700 Comox Ave.
Comox, BC
All Welcome
Tel: 250-941-0332

www.coolcomox.ca
Anglican Church in North America

“Consort with all men, O
people of Bahá, in a spirit of
friendliness and fellowship.”
Bahá’u’lláh
www.bahaisofcomox.org
250.702.3041 250.702.0574
www.courtenaybahai.org

“I worry about my mother everyday because
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she needs as I live in a different city.”
“My caregiving responsibilities are taking over
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The last game of the
regular season for the
PeeWee C Ives Burger Snipers was a hardfought, back-and-forth
battle with the Preferred Custom Woodfinishing Royals. Good
pressure by both teams
early in the first period
did not produce any
results and the score
at the end of the first
remained 0-0.
The beginning of
the second period saw
shots and saves at
both ends of the ice.
Savannah Piket finally
got the Snipers on the
board at 14:05 of the
second, scoring on an
end-to-end rush with
a shot from the top of
the left face-off circle.
The Snipers tried to
build on their lead but
shots by Jack Klobchar, Nolan Piket and
Kyle Sheehan were all
turned away by Royals’ goalie Nicholas
Mitchell. The Royals
answered with a goal
by Thomas Virtue at
6:24 which was soon followed by goals by Sniper Michael Wharram
and by Royal Harley
Zolner. Score at the
end of the second:
Snipers 2, Royals 2.
An
early
third
period goal by Jordan Hesselink put the
Snipers up 3-2 but the
lead was short-lived
as Kayne Hansen
answered for the Royals just two minutes
later. The rest of the
period saw action at
both ends with shots
from five different
Snipers including two
by Camryn Hockley
and one by Owen Watt.
The Royals missed on
a chance to score with
less than a minute
left and were denied
again by Snipers’ goalie Evan Barker as the
buzzer sounded to end
the game. Final score:
Snipers 3, Royals 3.
A tie seems a fitting end to what has
been a competitive season for the six Peewee
house league teams, a
spokesperson said. As
we look forward to the
playoffs, the Ives Burger Snipers would like
to thank coaches Kent
Hockley, Mark Burger, Carl Sheehan,
Ron Hesselink and
Andy Moorhead for
their time and expertise.
Thanks also
go to all of the officials and volunteers
with the Comox Valley Minor Hockey Association.
– Ives Burger
Snipers

COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Thursday, February 27, 2014

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United one point away from promotion
Earle Couper
Record Staff

Promotion to Div. 1 of the
Vancouver Island Soccer
League will be on the line
Saturday when Comox Valley United heads south to

take on the Prospect Lake
Lakers.
A win or a tie in their
final league match and
United will take second
place outright in Div. 2 and
earn a spot in Div. 1 next
season. The locals are cur-

rently in second place, but
third-place Westcastle lurks
just three points back and
also play their final league
game this weekend.
On Feb. 15 United was in
Victoria to play Div. 1 Bays
Liquor Plus in a play-in

match for the single-knockout Jackson Cup. “We lost
2-0 but we held our own,”
said United’s Rob Caya. “We
created a lot of chances,”
including hitting a crossbar
in the opening five minutes.
“Our back-up goalie Jake

Sutton played fantastic, he
made some unbelievable
saves. They are a very good
team but it was nice for us
to see that we could keep up
with the big boys next year
if we are promoted.”

sports@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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